In Lviv region, a man holding his disabled father won a court case against the military enlistment office for ignoring his deferment request.

In the Lviv region, a court has granted a man's lawsuit against the TCC, which ignored his request for a deferral from mobilization. The conscript submitted his documents by mail, but the TCC insisted on his personal presence. The ruling on case No. 380/16956/24 was published by the Lviv District Administrative Court.

The case materials indicate that the conscript approached the court after he had sent his documents to the TCC in June to obtain a deferment from mobilization.

The basis for the deferment is that the man is caring for his father, who has a second group disability. The resident of the Lviv region sent the documents by mail, but they were disregarded by the TCC.

The plaintiff claims that he was only informed that he had to personally visit the military enlistment office to process the deferment.

The court reviewed all materials and arguments. The TCC representative did not exercise the right to submit a response to the lawsuit or provide explanations.

“Order No. 1487 does not stipulate the obligation for personal visits to the TCC and SP for submitting an application and documents for a deferment from conscription during mobilization. Therefore, the plaintiff has followed the procedure for personally presenting the documents that confirm, in his opinion, his right to a deferment from conscription during mobilization,” the court stated.

The court noted that the commission did not review the documents submitted by the plaintiff and did not make a decision on granting or denying the deferment, thereby allowing an inaction that is unlawful.

The Lviv District Administrative Court ordered TCC employees to consider the application and documents submitted by the plaintiff for the deferment and to make a decision at the discretion of the commission. The court's decision can still be appealed.