Pažeistos konstitucinės teisės į teisingą apmokėjimą už darbą valstybės tarnyboje gynimas

LTŽmogaus teisių apsaugos prioritetas grindžiamas šių teisių prigimtimi, kuri numato valstybės pareigą jas garantuoti ir ginti. Įtvirtinus šią nuostatą Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucijoje, pripažįstama, kad šios teisės egzistuoja anksčiau už valstybę ir nepriklausomai nuo jos, todėl valstybės valdžia kuriant ir įgyvendinant teisę jau saistoma ne savo pačios leidžiamų įstatymų, o pagrindinių žmogaus teisių pareigos jų nepažeisti, lemti jų įgyvendinimą.

ENBy its ruling of 13th December 2004, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania declared a number of acts on the remuneration for work of state servants to be in conflict with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Thus, any limitation introduced on the basis of those acts on the amount of remuneration paid for the work of state servants was declared as infringing the constitutional right to fair payment. This situation raises a question whether the recognition of this fact is a satisfactory ground for defending the violated rights, and whether this ensures efficient judicial defence and the responsibility of the State to safeguard those rights in Lithuania. The author analyses the existing court practice related with those actions of state institutions and offices that are based on the legal acts found anti-constitutional (i.e. cases on awarding due remuneration for work or compensation for damages, as well as those based on the complaints of persons in receipt of state social insurance payments and pensions granted to state officials and servicemen, when those persons were not paid the entire sums entitled to them). The author examines those issues in the context of the effective legislation. The article raises questions and attempts to find answers whether the adopted legal acts ensure the liability of the State for the actions of state institutions in those cases when they are based on anti-constitutional acts.