Whether MfS-related activity counts as reckonable service time

BVerwG 2 B 112/09, 2 B 112/09 (2 C 26/10)Bverwg / Division 2May 28, 2010Granted

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Administrative Court admitted the revision in a civil-service benefits dispute. The decisive question is whether conduct in the course of an unsuccessful MfS recruitment attempt, even without any formal service obligation, already amounts to activity for the MfS under the relevant Thüringen jubilee and remuneration provisions. The court held that clarification is warranted and therefore allowed the revision.

Omnilex headnote

§ 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO; admissibility of revision for reasons of fundamental importance: A revision is to be admitted where the case raises a legally unresolved question capable of general clarification. This is so in particular where it is uncertain whether the statutory concept of activity for the MfS, in conjunction with the provisions on reckonable periods in the Thüringer jubilee and remuneration law, also covers acts of cooperation performed without a service obligation in the context of an ultimately unsuccessful recruitment attempt. The decisive factor is the need for abstract clarification beyond the individual case.

Full text

BVerwG — 2 B 112/09, 2 B 112/09 (2 C 26/10), Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2010-05-28

Aktenzeichen: 2 B 112/09, 2 B 112/09 (2 C 26/10)

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 30 Abs 1 BBesG, § 25 BesG TH, § 3 JubV TH

Vorinstanz: vorgehend Thüringer Oberverwaltungsgericht, 27. August 2009, Az: 2 KO 885/07, Urteil

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat

Titelzeile

Beamtenrecht: berücksichtigungfähige Zeiten; Tätigkeit für das MfS

Gründe

1 Die Revision ist nach § 132 Abs. 2 Nr. 1 VwGO zuzulassen. Die angestrebte Entscheidung erscheint geeignet, zur Klärung der Frage beizutragen, ob das Merkmal einer Tätigkeit für das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (§ 3 ThürJubVO i.V.m. § 30 Abs. 1 BBesG oder § 3 ThürJubVO, § 25 ThürBesG i.V.m. § 30 Abs. 1 BBesG) auch bei Mitwirkungshandlungen ohne dienstliche Verpflichtung im Rahmen eines erfolglos gebliebenen Anwerbeversuchs des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit erfüllt ist.

Keywords

civil service lawreckonable service timeMfSrevision admissibilityfundamental importance

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Key legal question

Whether an unsuccessful MfS recruitment attempt involving acts without a service obligation can satisfy the statutory criterion of activity for the MfS for reckonable-time purposes.

Extracted holding

The question is of fundamental importance and justifies admission of the revision.

Extracted reasoning

The proposed decision may clarify whether the MfS-activity criterion under the cited pension and jubilee provisions is also met by cooperation without a duty of service in the context of an unsuccessful recruitment attempt.

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