Key legal question
Whether the administrative appeal judgment could validly order restoration of the lawful state reformatorily and without violating municipal autonomy.
Extracted holding
The appellate court could decide reformatorily because the legal issue was ripe and the review concerned legal questions, not a municipal discretionary matter.
Extracted reasoning
Under cantonal law the municipality decides first instance, but the administrative appeal court may review legal errors, including misuse of discretion, and order restoration once illegality is established.