A man is ordered to repay 42,000 hryvnias received as double assistance for displaced persons. The court has made its decision.

A man received 42,000 hryvnias for the accommodation of a minor child as part of assistance for internally displaced persons between March 1, 2022, and April 30, 2023. On June 7, 2023, he was notified about the termination of payments. The citizen is being asked to return the unlawfully received assistance. This was stated in the decision of the Kryvyi Rih District Court of Dnipropetrovsk (the legal name of the court), published on August 29, 2024.

Since April 2022, the man has been registered with social protection authorities as a recipient of state assistance as an internally displaced person. On April 27, 2022, he submitted an application for the allocation of accommodation assistance for internally displaced persons through the Unified State Web Portal of Electronic Services, indicating details about the minor child. Based on the submitted documents, he was granted assistance starting from March 1, 2022, in the amount of 5,000 hryvnias. During the review of personal files of all types of social assistance and compensation recipients, it was found that as of March 1, 2022, an individual was registered with the Department of Social Policy of the Chernivtsi City Council as a recipient of assistance for internally displaced persons for two children. Thus, he received double accommodation assistance for internally displaced persons, specifically for a minor child, totaling 42,000 hryvnias for the period from March 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023.

What did the court decide?

The court granted the claim. The man is to repay the excessive payments of state social assistance for accommodation to internally displaced persons in the amount of 42,000 hryvnias to the Right Bank Department of Social Protection of the Dnipro City Council, along with a court fee of 2,684 hryvnias, totaling 44,684 hryvnias.

"The defendant received a double payment from the plaintiff in the form of state social assistance as an internally displaced person for the maintenance of a minor child for the period from March 1, 2022, to April 30, 2023, in the sum of 42,000 hryvnias. Considering the above, the court concluded that the funds in the amount of 42,000 hryvnias were received by the defendant without sufficient legal grounds; therefore, the claims are justified and should be satisfied in full," the court emphasized.