Inadmissibility of preliminary reference on retroactive judicial pay classification parity
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AI generatedThe Supreme Court dismissed as inadmissible a preliminary reference question submitted by the Bucharest Court of Appeal, leaving the lower court's jurisdiction to resolve the merits. The dispute concerned a labor and social insurance conflict where a class of judges sought retroactive recalibration of their classification allowances based on a specific internal regulation, claiming equal treatment relative to colleagues who had received such recalculations from earlier dates, despite the unchallenged status of their individual salary orders. The decisive legal basis was the procedural inadmissibility of the request under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, preventing the Supreme Court from issuing a binding ruling on the substantive equality and retroactive application issues raised.
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AI generatedart. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Inadmissibility of preliminary reference on retroactive judicial pay classification parity: The dispute concerned a labor and social insurance conflict where a class of judges sought retroactive recalibration of their classification allowances based on a specific internal regulation, claiming equal treatment relative to colleagues who had received such recalculations from earlier dates, despite the unchallenged status of their individual salary orders. The decisive legal basis was the procedural inadmissibility of the request under Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, preventing the Supreme Court from issuing a binding ruling on the substantive equality and retroactive application issues raised.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr. 132 Dosar nr. 2499/1/2024
Ședința din 7 aprilie 2025
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Tribunalul Bucureşti – Secţia a VIII-a conflicte de muncă şi asigurări sociale, în dosarul nr. 256/120/2024, în vederea pronunţării unei hotărâri prealabile cu privire la următoarea chestiune de drept:
Dacă prin raportare la colegii magistraţi cărora li s-a recunoscut dreptul la recalcularea indemnizaţiilor de încadrare cu VRS 605, de la diferite date anterioare ordinele de încadrare ale reclamanţilor (judecători) din prezenta cauză, li se poate acorda recalcularea indemnizaţiilor de încadrare cuvenite în baza VRS 605 de la date anterioare ordinelor de salarizare, chiar în situaţia necontestării acestor ordine.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 7 aprilie 2025.