THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Application no. 54545/21
Shafik Mahmud ALSBEY
against Bulgaria
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 27 June 2024 as a Committee composed of:
Peeter Roosma, President,
Andreas Zünd,
Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 4 November 2021,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The applicant, Mr Shafik Mahmud Alsbey, was born in 1968.
The applicant’s complaints under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the lawfulness of the expropriation of his land were communicated to the Bulgarian Government (“the Government”) in December 2023.
On 6 March and 4 April 2024, the Court sent letters to the applicant, informing him that the time-limit for the Government to submit their observations on the admissibility and merit of the case was being prolonged. The letters, sent to an address provided by the applicant in June 2022, were returned with a “moved house” notice. A new letter dated 19 April 2024 was sent by registered post to an address provided by the applicant at the time of submission of the application in 2021, asking where the applicant could be contacted and whether he wished to maintain the application. The letter returned as “unclaimed”. The applicant has not contacted the Court regarding the application since June 2022.
THE LAW
In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.
Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Done in English and notified in writing on 18 July 2024.
Viktoriya Maradudina Peeter Roosma
Acting Deputy Registrar President