ANTIA AND KHUPENIA v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 5 May 2017 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no 7523/10Marina ANTIA and Nana KHUPENIAagainst Georgialodged on 9 November 2009STATEMENT OF FACTSThe applicants, Ms Marina Antia and Ms Nana Khupenia, are Georgian nationals who were born in 1964 and 1960 and live in Zugdidi and Ingiri village respectively. They are represented before the Court by Mr G. Pipia, a lawyer practising in Zugdidi.The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.Until 19 October 2006 the applicants worked for a regional office of the National Social Security Agency (“the Agency”). Their duties included identification of pensioners who were fraudulently in employment and returning unlawfully received social payments to the fund’s bank account.On 19 October 2006 the applicants were charged with negligence while performing their duties as public servants. In particular, the bil …