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Decision of a technical body: A rebuttal panel should be considered as a technical body as per the provision of staff rules 11.2(b). Consequently, a decision of a rebuttal panel is not subject to management evaluation as a prerequisite before filing an application before the Tribunal. The preeminent purpose of management evaluation is to reconsider the initial decisions taken by the Administration. Where such reconsideration is delegated to a specialized body, there is no need for further administrative review. Rebuttal panel: The panel’s mandate is fixed for two years and ST/AI/2002/3 did not provide any legal basis for the extension of the mandate of a rebuttal panel as such once the period lapses, members of an expired rebuttal panel have no competence to conduct valid rebuttal processes. Extension of mandate: If the Administration is to extend a mandate of an advisory body that is due to expire, such extension, if ever, can only be made before the expiry of its mandate. Once the expiration takes effect, there is nothing to extend and any purported extension would not have any legal effect.