Questão jurídica principal
Whether the federal complaint remained admissible despite the cantonal decision and later departmental decision
Decisão extraída
The complaint no longer served any practical purpose once the cantonal and departmental decisions were issued; the proceeding had to be struck out as moot.
Fundamentação extraída
The federal case concerned only the delay in issuing the administrative appeal decision. Once the departmental decision was rendered, and at the latest once the cantonal court had already ordered a prompt merits decision, no current legal interest remained.