The Romanian High Court of Cassation and Justice on Tuesday announced it would postpone for November 25 the incompatibility case of Sibiu city mayor Klaus Iohannis.

The information, published in the supreme court's information system, is widely taken over by local media, including official Agerpres news agency.

The Supreme Court initially scheduled the first hearing for Nov. 18, two days after the presidential runoff.

The case reached the Supreme Court after the Alba Iulia Court of Appeal nullified a National Integrity Agency (ANI) report which found Iohannis was in a state of office incompatibility. The ANI appealed but the case was delayed.

In April 2013, the ANI found Iohannis in a state of incompatibility for simultaneously holding the office of Sibiu mayor as well as acting as city representative in the general shareholder of the city's sewage, water and marketplace administration corporations.

Under relevant existing laws, the office of mayor is incompatible with the position of representative of a territorial administrative unit in the general shareholder of the corporations of local interest or representative of the government in the general shareholder of a commercial company of national interest.

A person found incompatible loses the right to hold a public office or position for three years after dismissal or after the rightful end of a term in office.

The Supreme Court will have the final say on whether Iohannis was in a state of incompatibility or if the ANI report will be canceled.

If the Supreme Court pronounced him incompatible, though local analysts believe that this probability is small, Romania will face an unprecedented political situation, as the country will have to organize new presidential elections.

The presidential runoff was held in Romania on Nov. 16. Iohannis, backed by the center-right Christian Liberal Alliance, won the elections against incumbent Prime Minister Victor Ponta.