CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;ADMISSIBILITY;ENG — 6 mai 1989

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }  Application No. 14630/89 by S. and M. against the United Kingdom             The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 6 May 1989, the following members being present:                   MM.   J.A. FROWEIN, Acting President                      F. ERMACORA                      G. SPERDUTI                      E. BUSUTTIL                      G. JÖRUNDSSON                      A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                      A. WEITZEL                      J.C. SOYER                      H.G. SCHERMERS                      H. DANELIUS                      G. BATLINER                      J. CAMPINOS                      H. VANDENBERGHE                 Mrs.   G.H. THUNE                 Sir   Basil HALL                 MM.   F. MARTINEZ                      C.L. ROZAKIS                 Mrs.   J. LIDDY                 Mr.   L. LOUCAIDES                   Mr.   H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission             Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;           Having regard to the application introduced on 27 January 1989 by S. and M. against the United Kingdom and registered on 7 February 1989 under file No. 14630/89;           Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;           Having deliberated;           Decides as follows:   THE FACTS           The first applicant is a citizen of Bangladesh, born in 1960 and resident in Leeds, England.   He is a muslim minister of religion and a religious teacher (an imam), working for the second applicant, an association of Bangladeshi muslims.   They are represented before the Commission by Mr.   H. Storey of Messrs.   John Howell & Co., Solicitors, Sheffield.           The applicants originally complained to the Commission of a breach of their freedom of religion, ensured by Article 9 of the Convention, because the first applicant had been refused leave to remain in the United Kingdom as the imam for the second applicant. However on 19 April 1989 the applicants' representatives informed the Commission that the Home Office had reviewed the case and granted the first applicant 12 months' leave to remain in his capacity as minister of religion.   Accordingly they requested the withdrawal of the application.     REASONS FOR THE DECISION           The Commission notes that the first applicant has been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom and that the factual basis of the application has thereby been resolved.   It finds no reasons of a general character affecting the observance of the Convention which require the further examination of the case. Accordingly it accedes to the applicants' request to withdraw their application.           For these reasons, the Commission           DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES.         Secretary to the Commission       Acting President of the Commission                  (H.C. KRÜGER)                       (J.A. FROWEIN)