VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 21•Formal finality when no appeal is filed in time
VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 21Other CourtOct 22, 1974Dismissed
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The cantonal government held that it could no longer examine the merits of the applicant's complaint against a municipal decision because he had not appealed within the legal time limit. The municipal decision of 3 April 1974 had been properly served and contained a remedy instruction, so formal finality had set in. The government also refused to reopen the decision for any formal defect.
Formal legal force of an administrative decision; if a decision is duly served with a correct legal remedy instruction and no appeal is lodged within the appeal period, it becomes formally final and can no longer be reviewed on the merits by the supervisory authority. Absent a relevant procedural defect in service or in the remedy notice, there is no basis for ex officio reopening or reconsideration (consid. 1).
Entscheidpublikation VVGE 1971/75 Nr. 21, S. 24:
Verwaltungsverfahren.
Formelle Rechtskraft eines Entscheides, der nicht innert der Rechtsmittelfrist angefochten wird.
Entscheid des Regierungsrates vom 22. Oktober 1974 (Nr. 668).
Ob indessen der erfolgte Entscheid haltbar sei, kann heute vom Regierungsrat nicht mehr geprüft werden, denn der Gesuchsteller hat es unterlassen, von der ihm zustehenden Beschwerdemöglichkeit Gebrauch zu machen. Der gemeinderätliche Beschluss vom 3. April 1974 war mit einer Rechtsmittelbelehrung versehen und dem Adressaten ordnungsgemäss zugestellt worden, so dass es dem Regierungsrat auch nicht möglich ist, infolge eines formellen Mangels auf diesen Entscheid zurückzukommen.
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Whether the cantonal government could still review the municipal decision despite no timely appeal.
No. The decision had become formally final because the applicant failed to appeal within the statutory period.
The municipal decision was duly served and contained a legal notice of remedies; therefore the government could no longer reassess its correctness.
Whether a formal defect allowed the government to reopen the decision notwithstanding finality.
No. The decision showed no formal defect that would permit reopening ex officio.
Because the decision had been properly notified with remedy instructions, the government lacked a basis to return to it on formal grounds.
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