Key legal question
Whether the public-law appeal to the Federal Tribunal was admissible without prior cantonal appeal against the Valais State Council decision.
Extracted holding
The appeal was inadmissible because the cantonal remedies had not been exhausted; the State Council decision could be challenged before the cantonal court.
Extracted reasoning
Under Art. 86 al. 1 let. d LTF, a federal public-law appeal lies only after final cantonal instance. The State Council acted as a supervisory administrative authority, but the cantonal court confirmed that a cantonal administrative-law appeal was available under cantonal rules.