Court information

HISTORY

The Administrative Court of Montana commenced its judicial activities on March 1, 2007. The establishment of this court, along with other 27 regional administrative courts in the country, aims to facilitate citizens' access to justice, accelerate administrative proceedings and provide better protection of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens. Our mission is to provide citizens and organizations with high-quality and easily accessible justice.

JURISDICTION

The Administrative Court of Montana is headquartered in the city of Montana and is one of the 28 administrative regions in Bulgaria. Its jurisdictions covers 11 municipalities - Berkovitsa, Boychinovtsi, Brusartsi, Valchedrum, Varshets, Georgi Damyanovo, Lom, Medkovets, Montana, Chiprovtsi and Yakimovo.

According to the National Register of Immovable Cultural Heritage the Montana region contains 29 sites of "National Significance" located in the cities of Montana, Lom, Berkovitsa, Barziya, Georgi Damyanovo, Verenitsa, Gorni Tsibar, Dolni Tsibar, among others. The Municipality of Varshets, is a part of the "Vrachanski Balkan" Natural Park, 13 protected areas and five natural landmarks.

Additionaly, Montana Region is included in the list of municipalities in the border regions wich covers the municipalities - Vulchedrum, Georgi Damyanovo, Lom and Chiprovtsi, as well as in the list of mountainous municipalities including – Berkovitsa, Varshets, Georgi Damyanovo and Chiprovtsi.

Within the judicial district of the Administrative Court of Montana, there are three district courts (DCs) – Montana District Court, Lom District Court, and Berkovitsa District Court. These District Courts consider cases of an administrative-penal nature and other cassation cases under the jurisdiction of the administrative courts for cassation control.

COMPETENCE

The Administrative Court of Montana considers the following types of cases:

As a Court of first instance, pursuant to Art. 128 of the Administrative Procedure Code, all cases involving requests for:

issuance, amendment, cancellation or declaration of nullity of administrative acts;
declaration of nullity or rescission of agreements under this Code;
protection against unlawful actions or omissions of the administration;
protection against unlawful enforcement actions;
compensation for damages caused by unlawful acts, actions, or omissions of administrative bodies and officials;
compensation for damages caused by enforcement;
declaring of nullity, annulment or revocation of decisions issued by administrative courts;
establishing the falsity of administrative acts under this Code.

As a cassation instance - all cases:

formed on cassation appeals against decisions of district courts, issuedon appeals against penal decrees, pursuant of Art. 63 of the Law on Administrative Violations and Penalties;
formed on cassation appeals against decisions of district courts, issued on appeals against administrative acts, reviewed by them.

Appeals:

Decisions issued by of administrative courts, as first instance, are subject to cassation appeal before the Supreme Administrative Court within 14 days from the date of notification that the decision has been issued, unless otherwise provided by law /non-appealability/.

Decisions issued by of the administrative courts, as a cassation instance, are final and not subject to appeal or protest.