Uncontested allegations may be accepted despite defendant silence

ATA/220/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative23 avr. 1996Granted

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Résumé Omnilex

In a social-insurance administrative dispute, the defendant did not submit conclusions. The tribunal held that this passivity did not prevent the applicant from obtaining recognition of his rights. It considered that plausible allegations not contested by the defendant could be accepted as established, even if Article 22 LPA did not strictly apply to a non-answering respondent.

Regeste Omnilex

Art. 22 LPA; effect of a defendant's failure to take conclusions in administrative proceedings. Even where the formal conditions of Article 22 LPA are not fully met against a passive respondent, the authority must not let mere silence defeat the applicant's right to relief. It may treat as established factual allegations that are plausible and remain uncontested. A party's inactivity therefore does not in itself preclude judicial recognition of rights when the file contains sufficiently credible, unopposed submissions.

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Descripteurs

ASSURANCE SOCIALE; DEVOIR DE COLLABORER; PROCEDURE ADMINISTRATIVE; PARTIE A LA PROCEDURE; CONSTATATION DES FAITS; ASSU

Normes

LPA.22

Résumé

Même si l'article 22 LPA ne semble pas s'appliquer au défendeur qui ne prend pas de conclusions dans le cadre d'une demande interjetée à son encontre, sa simple passivité ne doit pas empêcher le demandeur d'obtenir la reconnaissance de ses droits. Le Tribunal administratif peut donc considérer comme avérés les allégués du demandeur qui sont vraisemblables et non contestés par le défendeur.

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social insuranceadministrative procedureduty to cooperateparty silencefindings of factuncontested allegations

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Question juridique clé

Whether Article 22 LPA prevents the tribunal from accepting a defendant's silence as a basis for finding the applicant's plausible allegations established.

Solution extraite

Article 22 LPA does not bar the tribunal from taking as established allegations that are plausible and remain uncontested by a passive defendant, so long as the defendant's silence does not deprive the applicant of recognition of his rights.

Motifs extraits

Even if Article 22 LPA may not formally apply to a defendant who files no conclusions in proceedings brought against it, mere passivity cannot block the applicant's claim. The tribunal may therefore rely on plausible, unchallenged allegations.

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