Supreme Court dismissed appeal; permanent associate professor contract expires at 65 if pension rights are acquired.

The Supreme Court dismissed the cassation appeal filed by a professor seeking reinstatement to a permanent position. The plaintiff argued that his contract should expire at age 70 like full professors, but the court found he was not employed as a full professor. The court ruled that under the Higher Education Act, a permanent associate professor's contract expires at age 65 if pension rights are acquired, or at age 70 if not, and the university rector correctly applied this rule. Consequently, the court held that the lower court's finding of contract expiration was legally sound and the plaintiff's claims were unfounded.