Public servant salary rights during suspension of service relationship: admissibility of reference on penalty interest and inflation indexation
Romania (RO)
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AI generatedThe High Court of Cassation and Justice dismissed as inadmissible the preliminary reference submitted by the Court of Appeal Craiova (Administrative and Fiscal Section) in case no. 1553/104/2023, thereby leaving the lower court's jurisdiction over the matter and establishing no binding interpretation on the legal question posed. The dispute centered on whether a public servant whose service relationship was suspended under Article 86(2) of Law no. 188/1999 (Public Servants Statute) is entitled, under Article 86(3) of the same law, to claim penalties and inflation-updated salary rights in accordance with Articles 166(4) of the Labor Code, 1531(1)-(2) and 1535(1) of the Civil Code. The decision was rendered pursuant to Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the mandatory binding nature of such preliminary rulings, but the court found the referral itself did not meet admissibility requirements, thus preventing a substantive ruling on the interpretation of public servant compensation rights during suspension.
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AI generatedart. 86 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 188/1999, art. 86 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 188/1999, art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă; Public servant salary rights during suspension of service relationship: admissibility of reference on penalty interest and inflation indexation: 1553/104/2023, thereby leaving the lower court's jurisdiction over the matter and establishing no binding interpretation on the legal question posed. The dispute centered on whether a public servant whose service relationship was suspended under Article 86(2) of Law no. 188/1999 (Public Servants Statute) is entitled, under Article 86(3) of the same law, to claim penalties and inflation-updated salary rights in accordance with Articles 166(4) of the Labor Code, 1531(1)-(2) and 1535(1) of the Civil Code. The decision was rendered pursuant to Article 521(3) of the Code of Civil Procedure, which governs the mandatory binding nature of such preliminary rulings, but the court found the referral itself did not meet admissibility requirements, thus preventing a substantive ruling on the interpretation of public servant compensation rights during suspension.
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ROMÂNIA
ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE
Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept
Minuta deciziei nr.289 Dosar nr. 3039/1/2024
Ședința din 30 iunie 2025
ÎN NUMELE LEGII
DECIDE:
Respinge, ca inadmisibilă, sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Craiova - Secția Contencios administrativ și fiscal, în dosarul nr. 1553/104/2023, pentru pronunțarea unei hotărâri prealabile privind dezlegarea următoarei chestiuni de drept:
„În contextul suspendării raportului de serviciu în conformitate cu dispozițiile art. 86 alin. (2) din Legea nr. 188/1999 privind Statutul funcționarilor publici cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, art. 86 alin. (3) din Legea nr. 188/1999 privind Statutul funcționarilor publici dă dreptul funcționarului public de a solicita și în același timp incumbă obligația angajatorului de a acorda despăgubiri reprezentând dobânzi penalizatoare și actualizarea cu indicele de inflație a drepturilor salariale în condițiile art. 166 alin. (4) din Codul muncii, art. 1531 alin. (1) și alin. (2) teza I şi art. 1535 alin. (I) din Codul civil”.
Obligatorie, potrivit dispozițiilor art. 521 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură civilă.
Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 30 iunie 2025.