FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 7220/11 Zurab AVALIANI against Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 12 December 2019 as a Committee composed of:

Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer , President, Mārtiņš Mits , Lәtif Hüseynov , judges,

and Liv Tigerstedt, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 5 January 2011,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Mr Zurab Avaliani , was born in 1985 in Batumi. He was represented by Ms Nino Jomarjidze , a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.

The applicant ’ s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention, concerning the revocation of his property title over a plot of land, as well as under Article 6 § 1 o f the Convention, concerning the lack of access to the Supreme Court, were communicated to the Georgian Government (“the Government”).

On 22 November 2019 the applicant informed the Registry that he wanted to withdraw the application to the Court since his ownership title over the impugned plot of land had been restored .

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, t he Court concludes that the applicant may be regarded as no longer wishing to pursue the application (Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention). Furthermore, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 in fine , the Court finds no special circumstances regarding respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto which require the continued examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 16 January 2020 .

Liv Tigerstedt Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer Acting Deputy Registrar President