2-8 لم يتلق صاحب البلاغ رداً على طلبه الاستقالة ولكنه تلقى في 21 آب/أغسطس 1998 رسالة من السلطة تنص على اعتباره قد أخلى وظيفته في 1 حزيران/يونيه 1998 لأنه لم ينفذ تعليمات النقل الواردة في الرسالة المؤرخة 23 نيسان/أبريل 1998.
2.8 The author did not receive a response to his request for resignation but on 21 August 1998, received a letter from the Authority stating that he was being treated as having vacated his post on 1 June 1998, because he had not proceeded on the transfer directed in the letter of 23 April 1998.