TCHOKHONELIDZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 8 December 2014 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 31536/07Eldar TCHOKHONELIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 5 June 2007STATEMENT OF FACTS     The applicant, Mr Eldar Tchokhonelidze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1956. He is represented before the Court by Ms L. Mukhashavria, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.     The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.     The applicant was the Deputy Governor of Marneuli Region at the material time responsible for the development of the region’s infrastructure and management of land.     According to the official version of the events, contested by the applicant, on 1 December 2005, Ms K. met the applicant in his office and informed him of her intention to construct a gas station on a land plot she was about to purchase from Ms N. in Marneuli. She also enquired with the applicant about the necess …