Key legal question
Whether the benefits office caused an unlawful delay in deciding the renewed supplementary benefits applications.
Extracted holding
No undue delay occurred, because the proceedings were justifiably suspended and the elapsed time after the prior cantonal judgment was not excessive.
Extracted reasoning
The pending dividend-income issue could affect entitlement for the later periods, so suspension was permissible. The subsequent interval was only about three months, which was not unreasonable even in simple financial circumstances.