2017-UNAT-748

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

UNAT agreed with UNRWA DT’s finding. UNAT held that no purpose would have been served by the conduct of an evaluation exercise for a post that was about to be or had been abolished. UNAT accepted the UNRWA DT’s finding that there was a genuine redundancy situation. UNAT held that there was no evidence before it to support the Appellant’s contention that UNRWA DT erred in law. UNAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the UNRWA DT judgment.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant contested the decision to abolish his post and declare him provisionally redundant. UNRWA DT rejected the Applicant’s procedural challenge that he had not been evaluated before being declared provisionally redundant. UNRWA DT concluded that there was a genuine redundancy situation and dismissed the application.

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Outcome

Appeal dismissed on merits

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Sharbaji

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