Devolution request

The Devolutionsantrag is in § 73 of the Austrian General Administrative Procedure Act standardized way in violation of the decision duty of authority in a procedure in which to the adopted decision the appeal of the appeal may be lodged ( "administrative of appeal"), the transfer of responsibility to the To request the appeal authority. Since the amendment to administrative jurisdiction came into force in 2012 , administrative instances have only been exercised in matters within the municipality's own sphere of activity .

In other administrative proceedings and in the event of a violation of the decision-making obligation by the municipality body responsible in the second instance, the appeal of the default complaint to an administrative court is permissible.

If an administrative court violates the obligation to make a decision, an application to set a deadline at the Administrative Court (VwGH) is permissible.