140Regardless of whether the Advisory Committee has been approached, as has been stated previously, the applicant was, in any event, entitled to submit a request for assistance to the appointing authority pursuant to Article 24 of the Staff Regulations without being subject to an obligation to refer the matter to that committee beforehand or to wait for a response from that committee.
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