ACCORDING to news reports, the administrative courts have since the beginning of the year issued more than 26,000 rules in favor of a number of military and civilian retirees. The rules called for paying these retirees their dues and other emoluments. The Court of Grievances also issued rulings in favor of military and civil employees concerning their promotions, retirement and other job rights. The problem is that these court rulings are not executed. Ministries and government departments often tend to ignore them. They rather keep them locked up in drawers while the complainants are going round an empty circle without reaching any result. They spend time going from court to court and from department to department without reaping any fruits. Instead, they are being exhausted financially, emotionally and mentally. I do not understand why a final court verdict or administrative ruling remains locked in a drawer without execution. Why do the officials in charge of the ministry or the department slacken in the implementation of the court decisions? What is the procedure the courts should follow to punish those refusing to implement their decisions? There is a loophole somewhere that needs a quick and serious fix. The reasons why the court verdicts are kept in drawers should be thoroughly investigated. Is the problem in the employment rules and regulations, which do not clearly define the relationship between the employer and the employee? Or is it in the ignorance of the ministries and departments of these rules and regulations? Or is the problem in the labor laws, which do not make the two parties fully understand the commitments and obligations of each other? Whatever the case may be, the court orders should be strictly implemented without delay, especially if they are concerning the financial rights of people. The bounties should not remain locked up in office drawers.
