Judgment No. 259

• Organization: International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Date: 27.10.1975
• Original: French
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations

Extract:

The decision in question, which merely upheld an earlier decision, could "not give rise to new time limits for the lodging of an appeal by the complainant."

Keywords

decision; confirmatory decision; receivability of the complaint; internal appeal; time limit; new time limit; time bar

Considerations

Extract:

Under the applicable provision, the complainant had a period of six weeks in which to appeal against the decision which he regarded as detrimental. "No appeal having been lodged within that period, the decision had [...] become final [...] when the complainant asked for review of his case. The Secretary-General and subsequently the Appeal Board therefore acted lawfully in dismissing the request on that ground." No exceptional circumstances warranted a derogation from the prescribed time limits.

Keywords

decision; receivability of the complaint; internal appeal; time limit; mandatory time limit; time bar