5.  The applicant was born in 1950 and resides in the town of Novogrodovka, Donetsk region, Ukraine. 6.  In January 2002, the applicant instituted proceedings in the Novogrodovskiy Town Court of Donetsk Region against the Novogrodovskaya Mining Company No. 1/3 - a State-owned enterprise - to recover salary arrears. 7.  On 28 February 2002 the Novogrodovskiy Town Court found in favour of the applicant (Решение Новогродовского городского суда Донецкой области) and awarded him UAH 2,655.70[1]. On 12 August 2002 the Court of Appeal of the Donetsk Region upheld the judgment of the first instance court. On 4 January 2003 the Supreme Court of Ukraine rejected the applicant’s appeal in cassation. 8.  On 16 September 2002 the Novogrodovskiy Town Bailiffs’ Service (Отдел Государственной исполнительной службы Новогродовского городского управления юстиции) initiated the enforcement proceedings. 9.  In March 2003, the applicant instituted proceedings in the Novogrodovskiy Town Court of the Donetsk Region against the Novogrodovskiy Town Bailiffs’ Service for failure to enforce the judgment of 28 February 2002 in his favour. On 9 April 2003 the Town Court rejected the applicant’s claim, finding that no fault had been committed by the Bailiffs’ Service. The court stated that the Bailiffs’ Service had acted properly in enforcing the judgment of 28 February 2002. However, by a number of decisions of the Commercial Court of the Donetsk Region, the Bailiffs’ Service had been prohibited from selling the property of the Mining Company, due to the bankruptcy proceedings which had been initiated against the company. The court also stated that, according to the Law on the Introduction of a Moratorium on the Forced Sale of Property, on 26 December 2001 a ban on the forced sale of assets belonging to undertakings in which the State held at least 25% of the share capital had been introduced. On 9 June 2003 the Court of Appeal of the Donetsk Region upheld the decision of the first instance court. The applicant appealed against it in cassation. The parties did not submit any further information about these proceedings. 10.  In February 2003 the Novogrodovskaya Mining Company was reorganised and became a structural subdivision of the Selidovugol Mining Company. As the latter thereby became the debtor, the enforcement proceedings were transferred to the Selidovskiy Town Bailiffs’ Service (Отдел Государственной исполнительной службы Селидовского городского управления юстиции). 11.  In August 2004 the judgment in the applicant’s favour was enforced in full. 12.  The applicant instituted proceedings in the Selidovskiy Town Court of the Donetsk region against the Selidovskiy Town Bailiffs’ Service claiming compensation for material and moral damage inflicted to him by the non-enforcement of the judgment in his favour. On 19 December 2004 the court decided on the case but the parties did not inform the Court about the outcome of the proceedings. On 25 January 2005 the court returned the applicant’s appeal against this decision as it was not submitted in compliance with procedural formalities prescribed by law. The applicant appealed against the decision of 25 January 2005.