2018-UNAT-848, Oguntola
UNAT denied the Appellant’s request for an oral hearing and held that it would not assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case, as required by Article 18(1) of the RoP. UNAT held that Toure is binding precedent on UNDT as it applied to the Appellant’s case and found no fault with UNDT’s judgment.
The Applicant contested the decision to abolish his post. UNDT referred to Toure as precedent. UNDT held that the Applicant had no legitimate expectancy of extension of his appointment and that under the applicable budgetary rules, the abolition of the Regional Advisor posts did not require prior approval by the COM or the General Assembly and constituted a lawful exercise of managerial discretion. UNDT dismissed the application in its entirety.
Under Toure, there is no expectancy of renewal of fixed-term and temporary contracts.