APPLICANT AT THE END OF HIS PROBATIONARY PERIOD WITH EFFECT FROM 31 MARCH 1983 .
2 IN HIS APPLICATION , THE APPLICANT ALSO CLAIMS PAYMENT OF HIS SALARY AND ALL BENEFITS PROVIDED FOR IN THE STAFF REGULATIONS AS FROM 31 MARCH 1983 UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH HE RESUMES WORK , TOGETHER WITH DAMAGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPENSATING HIM FOR THE LOSS SUFFERED OWING TO HIS DISMISSAL . IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT DURING THE PROCEEDINGS , THE APPLICANT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT PRESSING THOSE CLAIMS FOR THE TIME BEING .
THE BACKGROUND TO THE DISPUTE
3 IT APPEARS FROM THE FILE THAT MR PATRINOS , A GREEK NATIONAL BORN ON 21 MAY 1937 , WHO HAS A DEGREE IN ECONOMICS AND WAS MOST RECENTLY EMPLOYED AS A LECTURER AT A VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTRE IN ATHENS , TOOK PART IN GENERAL COMPETITION NO ESC/A/25/80 , ORGANIZED BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECRUITING ADMINISTRATORS IN GRADE A 5 AND ANNOUNCED IN THE GREEK EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF 4 MARCH 1981 ( C 45 , PAGE 1 ). HIS NAME WAS PLACED ON THE RESERVE LIST AND HE WAS APPOINTED A PROBATIONARY OFFICIAL IN GRADE A 5 WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1982 AND ASSIGNED TO A POST OF PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATOR RESERVED FOR A GREEK NATIONAL AS A RESULT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ' S ACCESSION TO THE COMMUNITY .
4 THE APPLICANT WAS PLACED IN CHARGE OF THE SECRETARIAT OF THE ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL QUESTIONS SECTION OF DIRECTORATE A OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE , UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE DIRECTOR , MR KUBY , AND OF THE HEAD OF DIVISION , MR DI MURO . THAT SELECTION WAS MADE AT THE REQUEST OF THE DIRECTOR , WHO GAVE MR PATRINOS PREFERENCE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS TRAINING , EXPERIENCE AND THE CONSIDERABLE LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE WHICH HIS APPLICATION INDICATED .
5 HOWEVER , DIFFICULTIES QUICKLY AROSE BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR AND THE APPLICANT , THE FIRST CONFLICT BEING OVER AN APPLICATION FOR LEAVE SUBMITTED BY MR PATRINOS IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKING UP HIS DUTIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF RETURNING TO ATHENS TO SETTLE HIS PERSONAL AFFAIRS . THE MEMORANDA IN THE FILE SHOW THAT THE DIRECTOR SUBSEQUENTLY CRITICIZED THE PROBATIONARY OFFICIAL ' S WORK ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS , COMPLAINING OF HIS BEHAVIOUR AT WORK AND OF THE SLOWNESS WITH WHICH HE CARRIED OUT THE TASKS ASSIGNED TO HIM . FOR HIS PART , MR PATRINOS ADDRESSED A WHOLE SERIES OF MEMORANDA TO HIS SUPERIOR IN WHICH HE DEFENDS HIMSELF AND COMPLAINS OF A LACK OF CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS , OF CONSTANT INTERFERENCE BY THE DIRECTOR IN THE CARRYING OUT OF THE TASKS WHICH HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO HIM , OF FAILURE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF HIS LANGUAGE PROBLEMS AND OF THE DIFFICULTY OF WORKING IN A CLIMATE OF ADMINISTRATIVE DISORDER . BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED , THE DIRECTOR AT ONE POINT ASKED THE HEAD OF DIVISION TO DEVOTE PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE