Kernrechtsfrage
Whether the IV office committed unlawful delay by ordering a multidisciplinary expert opinion in December 2005 instead of deciding the pension claim on the existing file.
Extrahierter Entscheid
No unlawful delay was established; the office had discretion in ex officio fact-finding and did not obviously exceed it by ordering further expert evidence.
Extrahierte Begründung
Undue delay under Art. 29(1) BV exists only if a decision is not rendered within a reasonable time. An unlawful delay may exceptionally arise from a positive order only if the order is abusive or the authority manifestly exceeds its discretion. Here, the further polydisciplinary assessment was reasonable in light of the file.