FIFTH SECTION

DECISION

Application no. 33204/12 Tsiala ZOIDZE

against Georgia

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 14 September 2023 as a Committee composed of:

Carlo Ranzoni, President Lado Chanturia, María Elósegui , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 May 2012,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

The applicant, Ms Tsiala Zoidze, was born in 1962. She was represented by Ms Kh. Bagrationi, a lawyer practising in Batumi.

The applicant’s complaint under Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 concerning the revocation of her property rights was communicated to the Georgian Government (“the Government”). After the parties had exchanged their observations, the Government informed the Court that the applicant’s property rights were restored.

On 8 February 2023 the Registry sent a letter to the applicant inviting her to inform the Court, whether, in view of the latest factual developments, she wished to maintain the application. No reply was received to this letter.

By letter dated 26 June 2023 the applicant was notified that the period allowed for submission of the information requested had expired on 22 February 2023 and that no extension of time had been requested. The applicant’s attention was drawn to Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, which provides that the Court may strike an application out of its list of cases where the circumstances lead to the conclusion that the applicant does not intend to pursue the application. The applicant’s representative received this letter sent via the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) on the same day. However, no response has followed.

THE LAW

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that it is no longer justified to continue the 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 5 October 2023.

Viktoriya Maradudina Carlo Ranzoni Acting Deputy Registrar President