2017-��AT-799

��AT Held or ��DT Pronouncements

��AT dismissed the appeal as not receivable, as the Appellant had failed to request a review of the ��JSPF decision before appealing to ��AT. ��AT remanded the matter for a hearing before the Standing Committee, treating the appeal as if correctly and timely filed as a request for decision review.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

��JSPB decision: The Applicant contested the decision not to pay his pension benefit based on his residence after relocating.

Legal Principle(s)

An appellant must, as a first step, submit a request for review of a contested decision to the Standing Committee prior to appealing to ��AT.

Outcome

Appeal dismissed on receivability

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