The appeal was taken under the Ombudsman's supervision and examined by a responsible officer in accordance with the established procedure.

The examination established that the citizen had worked at the enterprise from October 2024 to May 2025. Following the termination of his employment contract, he had not been paid his wages for the period from January to May 2025, nor had he received the payments due for his unused annual leave.

During the review of the employment-related documents, it was established that the applicant did not possess documentary evidence confirming the employer's outstanding debt. Therefore, taking into account that, under civil procedural legislation, electronic information may be recognized as digital evidence confirming circumstances relevant to court proceedings, the Ombudsman's responsible officers considered it necessary to include Telegram correspondence between the employee and the enterprise's accounting department regarding the wage arrears among the evidence submitted with the statement of claim.

Subsequently, the Ombudsman filed a statement of claim with the Uchtepa Inter-District Civil Court in the interests of the citizen. The claim also requested that the aforementioned correspondence be admitted as digital evidence.

Pursuant to the court judgment of 26 March 2026, the court ordered the recovery in favour of the citizen of UZS 54,303,000 in unpaid wages and equivalent payments, as well as UZS 5,000,000 in compensation for non-pecuniary damage, amounting to a total of UZS 59,303,000.

It should be noted that, under labour legislation, upon termination of an employment contract, all payments due to an employee must be made in accordance with the established procedure and within the prescribed time limits.

At the applicant's request, information relating to his identity and the name of the enterprise where he had been employed have not been disclosed.

Press Service of the Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis for Human Rights (Ombudsman)