UNDT/2012/103, Gehr
Receivability/administrative decision: Preliminary steps such as the choice of a legal basis for a staff member’s performance appraisal or the capacity in which a reporting officer signs off on a performance appraisal can only be reviewed within the context of the assessment of the final decision, that is, the outcome of the staff member’s performance appraisal.
The Applicant appealed what he described as the decision not to proceed with the rebuttal process in relation to his 2011 performance appraisal. The UNDT found that the Applicant in fact challenged the alternative offered to him by the Administration to replace a rebuttal panel member whose recusal had been sought by the Applicant. It considered that that alternative did not constitute a final decision and, having determined that summary judgment was appropriate, rejected the application.
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