Administrative court lacks jurisdiction over TPG warning

ATA/197/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberApr 7, 1998Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

A TPG employee contested a disciplinary warning before the Geneva Tribunal administratif. The court held that TPG employees are not civil servants, so the LPAC does not apply and cannot establish disciplinary jurisdiction. Jurisdiction also could not be derived from Article 1 of the transitional implementing regulation of the LTA. The appeal was therefore dismissed for lack of competence.

Omnilex headnote

LTA art. 8; competence of the administrative court in disciplinary matters concerning TPG employees: employees of Transports publics genevois are not civil servants and are therefore not subject to the LPAC disciplinary regime. The administrative court lacks jurisdiction to hear an appeal against a disciplinary warning issued to such an employee. Such jurisdiction cannot be inferred either from the transitional implementing regulation of the LTA. Distinction is drawn between disciplinary sanctions and pecuniary claims, the latter falling within administrative jurisdiction where the statutory conditions are met.

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Descripteurs

FONCTIONNAIRE ET EMPLOYE; TRANSPORT PUBLIC; GENEVE(CANTON); AVERTISSEMENT(SANCTION); ENQUETE ADMINISTRATIVE; DEVOIR DE FONCTION; DESOBEISSANCE; CIRCULATION ROUTIERE; TACHYGRAPHE; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; CONDITION DE RECEVABILITE; TPG

Normes

LTA.8

Résumé

Les employés des TPG n'étant pas des fonctionnaires, la LPAC ne leur est pas applicable et ne saurait fonder la compétence du Tribunal administratif en matière disciplinaire. Il en va différemment des actions pécuniaires. Cette compétence ne saurait davantage résulter de l'art. 1 du règlement transitoire d'application de la LTA. Le TA n'est pas compétent pour connaître d'un recours dirigé contre un avertissement infligé à un employé des Transports publics genevois

Keywords

jurisdictiondisciplinary warningpublic transportcivil servantsadministrative procedurereceivability

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the Tribunal administratif has disciplinary jurisdiction over a warning issued to a TPG employee.

Extracted holding

The Tribunal administratif is not competent to hear a challenge against a warning imposed on a TPG employee.

Extracted reasoning

TPG employees are not civil servants, so the LPAC does not apply and cannot found disciplinary jurisdiction. Jurisdiction also cannot be derived from Article 1 of the transitional regulation implementing the LTA.

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