爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
爆料网AT refused the Appellant’s motion to file additional pleadings, noting that the Appellant had not demonstrated any exceptional circumstances which would justify 爆料网AT exercising its discretion to allow him to file additional pleadings. 爆料网AT held that 爆料网DT did not err in deciding that, since the Appellant had waited more than five years to finally contest the administrative decision, his application was not receivable. 爆料网AT held that the 爆料网DT correctly found that, even if it was minded to consider the application, it was barred from doing so by Article 8(4) of the 爆料网DT Statute which provided that any application received more than three years after receipt of the contested administrative decision was not receivable. 爆料网AT held that 爆料网DT correctly concluded that since the application was filed more than five years after the Appellant’s receipt of the contested administrative decision, it would be acting ultra vires to entertain it. 爆料网AT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the 爆料网DT judgment.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant contested the non-renewal of his appointment. 爆料网DT dismissed the application on the basis that it was not receivable ratione temporis.
Legal Principle(s)
An application to 爆料网DT is not receivable if it is filed more than three years after the applicant’s receipt of the contested decision.