Judgment of the Civil Service Tribunal (2nd Chamber) of 19 June 2014 — BN v Parliament

(Case F-157/12) ¹

(Civil service — Officials — Application for annulment — Official of Grade AD 14 temporarily filling a post as adviser to a Director — Claim of psychological harassment made against the Director General — Long-term sick leave — Decision to appoint the applicant to a post as adviser in another Directorate General — Duty to have regard to the welfare of officials — Principle of sound administration — Interest of the service — Rule that the grade must correspond with the post — Application for damages — Harm resulting from a failure to take a decision)

Language of the case: French

Parties

Applicant: BN (represented by: S. Rodrigues and A. Tymen, lawyers)

Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: O. Caisou-Rousseau and V. Montebello-Demogeot, Agents)

Re:

Application for annulment of the decision reassigning the applicant and of the implied decision ending, with retroactive effect, his duties as adviser to the Director of a Directorate of the European Parliament and an application for compensation for the harm suffered.

Operative part of the judgment

The Tribunal:

Dismisses the action;

Declares that the European Parliament is to bear its own costs and is ordered to pay the costs incurred by BN.

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¹ OJ C 71, 09/03/2013, p. 31.