Questão jurídica principal
Whether a filing expressly presented as a declaratory action, rather than an appeal, is admissible.
Decisão extraída
No. The filing had to be treated as a declaratory action, and it was inadmissible because the claimant expressly renounced the available appeal route.
Fundamentação extraída
The court applied the subsidiarity principle: an action for a declaration of rights is not admissible where the claimant could have pursued a condemnatory or ordinary appeal remedy, and the claimant explicitly chose not to do so.