Information Note on the Court’s case-law 19
June 2000
Raif Oglu v. Greece - 33738/96
Judgment 27.6.2000 [Section III]
Article 6
Civil proceedings
Article 6-1
Access to court
Failure of authorities to comply with court judgment: struck out
The applicant, a teacher in a minority primary school in Thrace, was suspended for one year as a disciplinary sanction for having printed and distributed a document in which he had used the term ‘Turkish teachers’ and old Turkish names of villages. His appeal was dismissed. At the end of the suspension, he was informed that no posts were available. He lodged an application for judicial review, which resulted in the decision being quashed. The Prefect later decided to dismiss the applicant on the ground that “he had engaged in activities which could harm the interests of the State”. The applicant lodged a further application for judicial review and the Administrative Court of Appeal quashed the Prefect’s decision. The applicant was subsequently re-employed at the same school and the Government deposited the sum of GRD 7,108,572, corresponding to his salary and social security contributions for the period in question with the Fund of Deposits and Loans.
As a result of the successful proceedings brought by the applicant, he has been reinstated and has received compensation in respect of loss of salary and related benefits. The matter has therefore been resolved.
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