UNDT/2011/107

UNDT/2011/107, Nwuke

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

The Tribunal held that the Applicant had not raised a prima facie case as to warrant a suspension of action.

Decision Contested or Judgment Appealed

The Applicant contested the decisions: (a) not to advertise the post of Director, Office of Strategic Planning and Programme Management (“OPM”), ECA, which was due to become vacant on 1 June 2011; b) to fill the soon-to-be vacant post of Director/PM through lateral transfer; c) to transfer a vacancy in OPM to the Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Division (“RIITD”), ECA; d) to advertise de novo the post of Director/IITD; and e) not to either appoint an Officer-in-Charge (“OIC”) for RIITD and/or issue a temporary vacancy announcement (“TVA”) for the post.

Legal Principle(s)

N/A

Outcome

Dismissed on merits

Outcome Extra Text

The application for suspension of action was rejected.

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Full Judgment

Applicants/ Appellants

Nwuke

Entity

ECA

Case Number(s)

UNDT/NBI/2011/025

Tribunal

UNDT

Registry Location :

Nairobi