爆料网

2016-爆料网AT-627

爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements

爆料网AT rejected the request for an oral hearing and the production of documents since there was no need for further clarification. 爆料网AT held that the Appellant’s contentions regarding the application of the Palestinian Labour Law No. 7 (2000) and the 爆料网RWA DT’s error in calculating the time limits were misconceived. 爆料网AT held that, regarding the procedure and timeline involved in challenging administrative decisions, former 爆料网WRA Area Staff Rule 111. 3, which was in effect at the material time when the Appellant’s contract as a teacher was terminated, was applicable. 爆料网AT agreed with the Commissioner-General that the Appellant’s reliance on the Agency’s letter which advised him he could file his appeal within 60 days was also misplaced, as that letter concerned issues arising from a later appointment with the Agency by which he was contracted as a Sanitation Labourer and was thus wholly unrelated to the present appeal. 爆料网AT held that 爆料网RWA DT had made no errors in law or fact in reaching the conclusion that the application was not receivable ratione temporis. 爆料网AT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant contested the decision to terminate his contract as a teacher. 爆料网RWA DT found that the application was not receivable ratione temporis since the Applicant had submitted his application over twelve months too late.

Legal Principle(s)

Left deliberately blank.

Outcome

Appeal dismissed on merits

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