FIRST SECTION
DECISION
AS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF
Application no. 26264/03
by Galina Grigoryevna YEVDOKIMOVA and Others
against Russia
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting on
23 March 2006 as a Chamber composed of:
MrC.L. Rozakis, President,
MrL. Loucaides,
MrsF. Tulkens,
MrsN. Vajić,
MrsS. Botoucharova,
MrA. Kovler,
MrK. Hajiyev, judges,
and Mr S. Nielsen, Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above application lodged on 23 July 2003,
Having regard to the decision to apply Article 29 § 3 of the Convention and examine the admissibility and merits of the case together.
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
THE FACTS
The applicants, whose names are indicated in the annexed list, are Russian nationals who live in the city of Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region. They were initially represented before the Court by Mr D. Kozyrev, a lawyer practising in Pskov Region. The Russian Government (“the Government”) are represented by Mr P. Laptev, the Representative of the Russian Federation at the European Court of Human Rights.
The applicants are teachers in municipal schools. In addition to their salary, they are entitled to receive regularly a special monetary allowance from the State. However, for several years this allowance was not paid to them. In 2002 the applicants brought proceedings claiming the outstanding amounts of that allowance. On 22 January 2003 the justice of the peace of Velikiye Luki satisfied their claims. The applicants were awarded the amounts indicated in the annex. On 20 March 2003 the first instance court of Velikiye Luki, acting as a court of appeal, upheld this judgment. Execution proceedings were initiated. However, for a long period of time the court judgment in the applicants’ favour remained unexecuted.
In December 2005 the applicants informed the court that the decisions in their favour had been executed in full in April-May 2004.
THE LAW
In December 2005 the applicants submitted to the Court written statements to the effect that they wanted to withdraw their application because the outstanding amounts due to them had been paid by the authorities. They asserted that they did not have any other claims towards the State authorities in this respect.
The Court recalls Article 37 of the Convention which, in the relevant part, reads as follows:
“1. The Court may at any stage of the proceedings decide to strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that
(a) the applicant does not intend to pursue his application;
...
However, the Court shall continue the examination of the application if respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto so requires.”
The Court notes that the applicants do not intend to pursue their application. Furthermore, the Court considers that respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and its Protocols does not require it to continue the examination of the case.
In these circumstances it considers that Article 29 § 3 of the Convention should no longer apply to the case and it should be struck out of the list in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Court unanimously
Decides to discontinue the application of Article 29 § 3 of the Convention and to strike the application out of its list of cases.
Søren NielsenChristos Rozakis
RegistrarPresident
List of the applicants (annex to the “Facts” part)
No
Name of the applicant
Amount awarded
1
YEVDOKIMOVA Galina Grigoryevna
RUB 918
2
APENKO Svetlana Nikolayevna
RUB 918
3
KONONOVA Olga Nikolayevna
RUB 918
4
DUSYATSKAYA Yevgeniya Gennadyevna
RUB 918
5
ARSYENTYEVA Svetlana Valentinovna
RUB 918
6
SIMONOVA Lyudmila Vasilyevna
RUB 918
7
CHAUPENKOVA Yelena Aleksandrovna
RUB 918
8
KORNILOVA Irina Yuryevna
RUB 918
9
KONDRATYEVA Lyudmila Anatolyevna
RUB 918
10
VETROVA Natalya Mikhaylovna
RUB 918
11
GOLUBEVA Yekaterina Konstantinovna
RUB 918
12
ANDRUS Irina Borisovna
RUB 918
13
STEPANOVA Galina Kuzminichna
RUB 3752
14
ALEKSANDROVA Yelena Vladislavovna
RUB 918
15
CHAUPENKOVA Raisa Pavlovna
RUB 918
16
NIKIFOROVA Olga Vladimirovna
RUB 918
17
SOROKINA Valentina Veniaminovna
RUB 918
18
ROMANOVA Yuliya Gennadyevna
RUB 3752
19
BYKHOVA Larisa Gennadyevna
RUB 918
20
LEVCHENKOVA Antonina Nikolaevna
RUB 918
21
MAGAZEYEVA Yelena Antolyevna
RUB 918
22
OYYA Anna Nikolayevna
RUB 918
23
IVANOVA Nina Anatolyevna
RUB 3752
24
LAZAREVA Svetlana Sergeyevna
RUB 918
25
KHARKOVSKAYA Valentina Ivanovna
RUB 918
26
ZHOUKOVA Evgeniya Ivanovna
RUB 918
27
ILYINA Lyubov Mikhaylovna
RUB 918
28
BARANOVA Irina Viktorovna
RUB 918
29
KOZIK Varvara Nikolayevna
RUB 3084
30
DZERA Irina Yuryevna
RUB 918
31
DMITRIEVA Svetlana Viktorovna
RUB 3752
32
ZHURAVLEVA Rimma Mikhaylovna
RUB 918
33
DELTSOVA Lyubov Nikolayevna
RUB 918
34
RYABIZOVA Olga Vladimirovna
RUB 918
35
KAZAKOV Vladimir Nikolayevich
RUB 918
36
KAZAKOVA Zoya Mikhaylovna
RUB 3752
37
KVETNAYA Natalya Vladimirovna
RUB 918
38
PETROVA Galina Yuryevna
RUB 918
39
TREGUBOVA Maiya Valeryevna
RUB 918
40
TUMANOVA Yelena Petrovna
RUB 918
41
LAVRENTYEV Vladimir Aleksandrovich
RUB 918
42
BOBYLEVA Olga Vladimirovna
RUB 1336
43
VASILYEVA Svetlana Viktorovna
RUB 918
44
DOLGASHEVA Yelena Nikolayevna
RUB 3752
45
GLAZUNOVA Valentina Nikolayevna
RUB 918
46
BULYNENKOVA Natalya Yuryevna
RUB 918
47
NIKIFOROVA Alvina Pavlovna
RUB 3752
48
RYBAKOVA Tatyana Vasilyevna
RUB 918
49
METCHERYAKOVA Olga Leonidovna
RUB 918
50
SOKOLOVA Lyudmila Vasilyevna
RUB 918
51
FROLOV Aleksandr Vladimirovich
RUB 918
52
VYUNOVA Tamara Ivanovna
RUB 918
53
LARINA Yekaterina Davydovna
RUB 918
54
TOKARZHEVSKAYA Valentina Vasilyevna
RUB 3752
55
KOLOSOVA Irina Alekseyevna
RUB 3752
56
BUSHENKOVA Iraida Afanasyevna
RUB 918
57
RYZHAKOVA Valentina Mikhaylovna
RUB 918
58
FILIPPOVA Alevtina Sergeyevna
RUB 918
59
NINEVSKAYA Oksana Bogdanovna
RUB 918
60
LOZINSKAYA Svetlana Yuryevna
RUB 918
61
BARANOVA Taisiya Fedorovna
RUB 918
62
LAVRENOVA Yelena Yuryevna
RUB 918
63
SHVEDKOVA Larisa Nikolayevna
RUB 443
64
KOZLOVA Olga Dmitrievna
RUB 918
65
IZOTENKOVA Mariya Grigoryevna
RUB 918
66
KALYUTICH Irina Igorevna
RUB 918
Full & Egal Universal Law Academy