UNDT/2017/056, Ngoga
The Tribunal found that the Applicant’s claim in respect of recoveries from his pension, affirmed by the Management Evaluation Unit on 14 April 2015 was not receivable. The Tribunal held that the Applicant had until 13 July 2015 to file an application challenging the decision but he failed to do so. With regard to the Applicant’s request for retroactive dependency benefits of his adopted children, the Tribunal held that the Applicant was required to request management evaluation of that decision within 60 calendar days, but he did not do so. Consequently, the application was rejected as it was not receivable.
The Applicant contested two decisions: a)The decision to recover money overpaid to him by deducting funds from his pension and b)The UNMISS decision declining the Applicant’s claim of the benefits on behalf of his adopted children.
a) Pursuant to staff rule 11.2 (a), a staff member wishing to formally contest an administrative decision alleging non-compliance with his or her contract of employment or terms of appointment shall, as a first step, submit to the SecretaryGeneral in writing a request for a management evaluation of the administrative decision; b) A request for a management evaluation shall not be receivable unless it is sent within 60 calendar days from the date on which the staff member received notification of the administrative decision to be contested; c)Deadline for seeking management evaluation, may, pursuant to staff rule 11.2(c ), be extended by the decision of the Secretary-General and “under conditions specified by the Secretary-General”.