Divergence on whether grossly negligent, multi-month absence from duty justifies maximum disciplinary sanction for civil servants
Sintesi Legislator
Generato dall'IAThe Federal Administrative Court (BVerwG) granted the defendant's application for leave to file an appeal, finding that the lower court's judgment deviated from established precedent and ordering a re-examination by the highest administrative court. The dispute concerned whether several months of grossly negligent absence from duty by a civil servant regularly justified imposing the maximum disciplinary sanction of discharge from service. The lower court had held that such grossly negligent absence was sufficient to warrant the highest measure as the starting point for sentencing. The BVerwG ruled that this interpretation diverged from its settled case law, which limits the presumption that the maximum disciplinary sanction is appropriate to cases involving *intentional* unauthorized absence from service lasting several months.
Regesto Legislator
Generato dall'IA§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 VwGO, § 67 Satz 1 LDG NRW; Divergence on whether grossly negligent, multi-month absence from duty justifies maximum disciplinary sanction for civil servants: The dispute concerned whether several months of grossly negligent absence from duty by a civil servant regularly justified imposing the maximum disciplinary sanction of discharge from service. The lower court had held that such grossly negligent absence was sufficient to warrant the highest measure as the starting point for sentencing. The BVerwG ruled that this interpretation diverged from its settled case law, which limits the presumption that the maximum disciplinary sanction is appropriate to cases involving *intentional* unauthorized absence from service lasting several months.
Parole chiave
Generato dall'IADisposizioni normative citate
Generato dall'IAGiurisprudenza citata
Generato dall'IADecisioni correlate
Generato dall'IAQuestioni giuridiche chiave estratte da Legislator
Generato dall'IAMain ground for the verdict, cited to justify the admission of the revision due to divergence from the Federal Administrative Court's case law.
Procedural rule applied in the dispositive, cited in conjunction with the Federal Administrative Court's procedural law to allow the appeal.
Testo completo
Disziplinare Höchstmaßnahme auch bei grob fahrlässigem Fernbleiben vom Dienst; Zulassung der Revision wegen Divergenz
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Die Revision des Beklagten ist zuzulassen, weil das Urteil des Oberverwaltungsgerichts von der Rechtsprechung des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts abweicht und auf dieser Abweichung beruht (§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 VwGO, § 67 Satz 1 LDG NRW).
Das Oberverwaltungsgericht hält bereits das mehrmonatige grob fahrlässige Fernbleiben eines Beamten vom Dienst für regelmäßig hinreichend, die disziplinare Höchstmaßnahme zum Ausgangspunkt der Maßnahmebemessung zu machen (Berufungsurteil, Bl. 28 - 33). Demgegenüber geht die Rechtsprechung des Senats bisher allein für den Fall des vorsätzlichen unerlaubten Fernbleibens vom Dienst über Monate hinweg regelmäßig von der Angemessenheit der disziplinaren Höchstmaßnahme - d.h. der Entfernung aus dem Beamtenverhältnis - aus (vgl. zuletzt BVerwG, Urteil vom 21. April 2016 - 2 C 13.15 - BVerwGE 155, 35 Rn. 11).