020 (NBI/2024), Harjit Dhindsa
- Appealed
As the Applicant filed the application before the Dispute Tribunal almost two months after the decision to include his name in the ClearCheck database was implemented, the application for suspension of action was therefore not receivable.
The Tribunal noted that Order No. 20 (NBI/2024) in Case No. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/NBI/2024/008 rejected the Applicant's application for suspension of action under art. 13 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Rules of Procedure. The Applicant maintained that the Tribunal misconstrued his application in Case No. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/NBI/2024/008 as being filed under art. 13 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Rules of Procedure (governing suspension of action during a management evaluation), rather than art. 14 (governing suspension of action during the proceedings) of those Rules.
The Tribunal held that to the extent that the Applicant¡¯s intent was to file an application...
The Secretary-General appealed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT order. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that, where the implementation of an administrative decision is imminent, through no fault or delay on the part of the staff member, and takes place before the five days provided for under Article 13 of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT RoP have elapsed, and where Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT is not in a position to make a decision under Article 2. 2 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Statute, i. e. because it requires further information or time to reflect on the matter, it must have the discretion to grant a suspension of action for these five days. To find otherwise would render Article 2. 2 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT considered the three appeals by the Secretary-General against the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Orders. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that the appeals were receivable because: (1) Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT exceeded its jurisdiction under Article 2. 2 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Statute by ordering the suspension of the contested decision beyond the date of completion of management evaluation; and (2) Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT exceeded its jurisdiction under Article 10. 2 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Statute by ordering, during the proceedings, a suspension of the contested decision as an interim measure in a case of appointment. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that Order No. 129 suspended the contested decision beyond...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT rejected the request for an oral hearing finding no need for further clarification of the issues. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that the Appellant failed to identify the grounds for his appeal, considering it defective. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT agreed with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA DT that the Appellant had not complied with Staff Rule 111.3, which prescribes that the staff member is required to appeal to the JAB within thirty days. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA DT¡¯s conclusion that the application was not receivable did not present any errors of law or fact. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA DT judgment.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT considered an appeal of Order No. 079. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that, regardless of whether Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT may have committed an error of law, fact, or procedure, Article 2(2) of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Statute precluded an appeal to Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT if Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT acted within its jurisdiction or competence. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT acted within its jurisdiction or competence. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that the appeal was not receivable. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT Order.
The contested decision was prima facie unlawful for the following reasons: i) there was a promise of renewal by the officer-in-charge that created a legitimate expectation of renewal, which placed on the Respondent a duty to consider whether it was not in the interest of the organisation that the expectation of the renewal of the employment should be fulfilled; and ii) the decision not to renew the contract of the Applicant appeared to be in breach of the Organization¡¯s Rules and amounted to an abuse of discretion. On the question of urgency, the Applicant had been informed that his contract...