Grade 5 Public Official Using Public Property for Personal Use Files 'Ttaesseugi Lawsuit'

A public official at the Jeonnam Provincial Office who used communal supplies for personal use filed an administrative lawsuit in protest against a salary reduction but lost at the Supreme Court. Despite the final ruling, he filed another lawsuit in defiance, which was dismissed.

The Administrative Division 2 of the Gwangju District Court (Chief Judge Jang Chan-su) announced on the 24th that it dismissed the claim of Mr. A (a section chief), a public official at the Jeonnam Provincial Office, who filed a lawsuit against the Governor of Jeonnam Province seeking to nullify the salary reduction.

In March 2017, Mr. A ordered a company to include computer monitors and stands, unrelated to the partition and communication facility relocation project he commissioned, in the project expenses and deliver them.

After receiving the items, he took them to his lodging and used them personally.

Mr. A received a one-month salary reduction from the Jeonnam Personnel Committee and filed administrative lawsuits from 2018 to 2019 demanding cancellation of the salary reduction, but lost in the first and second trials as well as at the Supreme Court.

However, he filed again last year with the court, claiming that "the personnel committee secretary and clerk, who had no authority over the matter, proceeded with related procedures, and there were serious procedural defects such as not notifying the decision-maker of the resolution," requesting the disciplinary action be nullified.

The court stated, "Mr. A filed a lawsuit against the Governor of Jeonnam Province and already received a final judgment of defeat," and added, "He cannot seek nullification of this case again."

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