THIRD SECTION
Application no. 75651/11
Robert NIKOGHOSYAN against Armenia
lodged on 3 December 2011
STATEMENT OF FACTS
The applicant, Mr Robert Nikoghosyan, is an Armenian national, who was born in 1953 and lives in Yerevan.
A. The circumstances of the case
The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.
The applicant is a former employee of a State Revenue Committee (hereinafter “the Committee”).
By an order of the Head of the Committee of 27 February 2009 the applicant was dismissed from his job.
On 20 March 2009 the applicant brought an action against the Committee requesting reinstatement in his job and payment for forced absence up to the day of reinstatement.
On 11 August 2009 the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court of Yerevan found for the applicant. It decided, in particular, to declare void the order of 27 February 2009. Moreover, it ordered the applicant’s reinstatement in his previous position and awarded him compensation for lost earnings.
The Committee appealed against the District Court’s judgment. By its decision of 7 October 2009 the Civil Court of Appeal left the District Court’s judgment unchanged.
The Committee lodged an appeal on points of law against the decision of 7 October 2009.
On 9 December 2009 the Court of Cassation decided to return the appeal so the judgment of 11 August 2009 became final.
On 27 January 2010 the Kentron and Nork-Marash District Court of Yerevan issued a writ of execution of its judgment of 11 August 2009.
On 5 February 2010 the bailiff instituted enforcement proceedings. On the same date he decided to oblige the Committee to comply with the requirements of the writ within two weeks.
On 20 April 2010 the applicant was paid 937,114 Armenian drams (AMD) for his forced absence calculated from 27 February 2009 until 9 December 2009, the date on which the judgment in the applicant’s favour became final.
The applicant addressed several letters to the Committee and to different officials complaining that no measures had been taken to enforce the final judgment of 11 August 2009 and requesting that the Committee be com
