Appeal filed with wrong authority is deemed timely

VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 12Autre juridiction3 août 1971Other

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Résumé Omnilex

The Regierungsrat held that, under established cantonal administrative practice, an appeal filed with an incompetent cantonal authority must be forwarded ex officio to the competent instance. For timeliness purposes, the decisive date is the original filing date with the wrong authority. The publication contains this procedural rule in the context of administrative proceedings.

Regeste Omnilex

Administrative procedure; filing of an appeal with an incompetent authority; under settled cantonal practice, such a filing must be forwarded ex officio to the competent authority, and the date of filing before the wrong authority is deemed the date of lodging the appeal. This preserves timeliness despite the initial filing error.

Texte intégral

Entscheidpublikation VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 12, S. 18:

Verwaltungsverfahren.

Einreichung des Rekurses an eine unzuständige Behörde.

Entscheid des Regierungsrates vom 3. August 1971 (Nr. 495).

Nach ständiger kantonaler Verwaltungspraxis wird jedoch ein Rekurs, der bei einer unzuständigen kantonalen Behörde eingereicht wird, von Amtes wegen an die zuständige Instanz weitergeleitet und es gilt der Zeitpunkt der Einreichung als Zeitpunkt der Rekurserhebung.

Mots-clés

administrative procedureappealcompetencefiling dateforwarding

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Question juridique clé

Whether an appeal filed with an incompetent cantonal authority is validly lodged in time.

Solution extraite

If an appeal is submitted to an incompetent cantonal authority, it must be forwarded ex officio to the competent instance, and the filing date counts as the date of appeal.

Motifs extraits

The decision relies on settled cantonal administrative practice requiring ex officio transmission to the competent authority and preserving the original filing date.

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