Beni Suef Administrative Judicial Court vacates the decision to terminate the service of Mohamed Mohie El Din from “the Faculty of Engineering at Beni Suef University
Beni Suef Administrative Court, Circuit No.35 has vacated the decision to terminate the service of Dr. Mohamed Mohieddin from work at the Faculty of Engineering at Beni Suef University, which was issued by the university on the grounds of his absence from work.
It is noteworthy that Beni Suef University had previously issued a decision to terminate the service of phd. Mohamed Mohie El Din as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Engineering, on the grounds of his absence from work, despite the university’s knowledge that he had been in pre-trial detention since February 2019.
Mohie El Din was released on June 2, 2022, from his prison in the Tora Farm (Mazraet) Prison by a decision of the Public Prosecution, for his innocence of all that was attributed to him, and the absence of any charge against him. On the first day of work after his release, Sunday, June 5, 2022, the plaintiff sent two letters to the dean of the faculty, demanding sending a letter to the State Security Prosecution to explain his situation, as well as taking the necessary measures to take over his work at the faculty, however he did not receive a response.
On Sunday, June 19, 2022, the plaintiff sent a memorandum to the university president, requesting to send a letter to the State Security Prosecution to explain his situation, so that he could take over his work at the faculty, as well as approving and stamping his renewal application form for his national ID card, as he is an assistant professor at the university, however he didn’t receive a response, until the university president issued decision No.1163 of 2022 to terminate his service on the grounds of his absence from work since November 12, 2019.
The lawsuit confirmed that Mohie El Din was in pre-trial detention during the period from February 23, 2019, to June 2, 2022, or what’s means more than three years, during which he was not able to contact his work in any way, and as a result that means he was exposed to a coercive circumstance that prevented him from completing his work duties normally.
The Center’s lawyers succeeded in presenting certificates issued by the State Security Prosecution that prove to the court that Mohie El Din had exceeded the period of pre-trial detention, and that during the period covered by the decision to terminate his service, he was under pre-trial detention.
The Egyptian Center commends the ruling issued for the interest of PHD. Mohamed Mohie, which consolidates the principle of the right of the pre-trial detainee to work and the invalidity of any decisions issued to terminate his service on the grounds of absence from work with the existence of a coercive excuse represented by pre-trial detention.