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Access to government files and appealability of dismissal decisions

ARGVP-1988-1022Administrative CourtSep 6, 1949Not Examined

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Omnilex summary

The excerpt contains two headnotes. First, it states that individual members of the cantonal parliament have no right to inspect Regierungsrat files; this access lies generally only with the supervisory financial commission, while special parliamentary committees may inspect particular files when needed for their mandate. Second, it notes that the legal nature of a dismissal under Art. 6 of the service and salary ordinance had not yet been decided for this cantonal employment relationship, although federal case law had repeatedly accepted the decision character of dismissals in analogous contexts.

Omnilex headnote

Access to Regierungsrat files: individual members of the cantonal parliament have no entitlement to inspect executive files; the right of inspection belongs in principle to the supervisory financial commission, whose control function requires access to the minutes, whereas special parliamentary committees may be granted access to particular files only if indispensable for the performance of their assigned tasks. Art. 6 Dienst- und Besoldungsverordnung; appealability of dismissal: the legal nature of a dismissal by the state as a potentially appealable administrative decision was left open in the cantonal context; reference is made to federal case law recognizing the decisional character of dismissals in public employment (consid. 1023).

Full text

A. Entscheide des Regierungs rates 1022, 1023

3. Behörden 3.1 Regierung und Verwaltung 1022 Einsichtgabe in Akten des Regierungsrates an M itglieder des Kantonsrates. Einzelnen Mitgliedern des Kantonsrates kann keine Einsicht in regierungs- rätliche Akten gewährt werden. Das Recht zur Einsichtnahme in regie- rungsrätliche Akten steht generell lediglich der staatswirtschaftlichen Kommission zu, der zur Erfüllung ihrer Kontrollaufgaben die Protokolle des Regierungsrates offen stehen müssen. Bestimmte Akten können auch kantonsrätlichen Spezialkommissionen zur Durchsicht zur Verfügung gestellt werden, sofern sie zur Ausführung der ihnen übertragenen Aufga­ben darauf angewiesen sind. RRB 6.9.1949 1023 Beam tenrecht. Rechtsnatur der Kündigung gemäss Art. 6 der Dienst- und Besoldungsverordnung (bGS 142.211). Es fragt sich, ob die Kündigung eines ausserrhodischen Dienst- oder Beam­tenverhältnisses durch den Staat gemäss Art. 6 der Dienst- und Besol­dungsverordnung eine rekursfähige Verfügung sei. Dies ist bis anhin noch nicht entschieden worden. H.J. Schär lässt diese Frage in seinen Erläute­rungen zum Gesetz über das Verwaltungsverfahren, N.10 zu Art. 18, offen. Das Bundesgericht hat den Verfügungscharakter der Kündigung verschiedentlich bejaht. In den Entscheiden 9 7 1543,99 lb 135,105 lb 174 und 108 lb 209 handelte es sich um Kündigungen gegenüber Bundesper­ 37

Keywords

parliamentary oversightaccess to filesgovernment secrecyadministrative dismissalpublic employmentappealable decision

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether individual members of the cantonal parliament may inspect Regierungsrat files.

Extracted holding

Individual members have no entitlement to inspect Regierungsrat files; access belongs in principle only to the supervisory financial commission, with special commission access possible where needed for their tasks.

Extracted reasoning

The control function is assigned to the staatswirtschaftliche Kommission, which must have access to the Regierungsrat's minutes; only specific files may exceptionally be made available to special parliamentary committees if they need them to perform assigned duties.

Key legal question

Whether a dismissal under Art. 6 of the service and salary ordinance is an appealable administrative decision.

Extracted holding

The question is left open in the cited note; the text indicates that the Federal Supreme Court has repeatedly accepted the decision character of dismissals in analogous federal employment cases.

Extracted reasoning

The excerpt states that the appealability of such a dismissal had not yet been decided for this cantonal employment regime and refers to doctrinal uncertainty, while comparing federal case law recognizing decision character.

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