Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the appeal against the canton-level decision was admissible in full, including against the prior departmental decision.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The appeal was admissible only against the cantonal court judgment; the departmental decision was replaced by that judgment and could not be challenged separately.
Extrahierte Begründung
Because of the devolutive effect, the lower administrative decision ceased to exist independently once the cantonal court ruled.