Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT Held or Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT Pronouncements
Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT considered the appeal, which was not accompanied by a legal brief explaining the basis of the appeal. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT noted that the Appellant failed to identify by citation to any provision in Article 2. 1 of the Statute, the grounds for his appeal, and was required to do so. Accordingly, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT found the appeal to be defective and not allowed. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA DT¡¯s judgment.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant contested a second decision that his position would not be extended past him reaching the age of retirement. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA DT held that the Agency was justified in refusing the Applicant¡¯s second request for an extension beyond his retirement age because his post was already advertised long before his second request. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA DT held that the Applicant failed to offer evidence that he was subject to discrimination and noted that such discrimination could only exist if he was treated differently from individuals in the same circumstance. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA DT further held that the Applicant¡¯s argument that Jordanian law permits staff to remain in service until age seventy was without legal merit, as the Agency is not bound by the laws of member states but is governed by its internal laws and regulations. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA DT dismissed the application.
Legal Principle(s)
A party appealing a judgment of a first instance tribunal (the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT or Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA DT) will not succeed in having the judgment reversed, modified, or the case remanded unless the appeal challenges the impugned judgment on one or more of the grounds referred to in Article 2(1)(a) to (e) of the Statute.