The Supreme Administrative Court may grant restoration of an expired deadline if you have a valid excuse, or legal absence, for missing the deadline. This implies that you must demonstrate that events beyond your control or that you had no reason to expect prevented you from submitting your appeal or petition in time; for example, serious illness.
No leave to appeal is required for the Court to consider an application for restoration of an expired deadline.
What your application shall include
Your application shall state the following:
- Your name, address and personal identity number or organisation/company registration number.
- A telephone number.
- Your email address.
- The judgment or decision to which your application for restoration of an expired deadline relates; i.e., the case number and date of the ruling.
State the matter your petition relates to and which court or public authority last examined the matter. You shall also state what you consider to be a valid excuse for failing to lodge your appeal/petition in time.
Submit your application to the Supreme Administrative Court if it relates to the restoration of the time expired for an appeal to the Government or to the Supreme Administrative Court.
If the application relates to the restoration of the time expired for an appeal to an administrative court, administrative authority or administrative court of appeal, it should be submitted to the relevant administrative court of appeal.
There is no deadline for submitting your application for the restoration of expired deadline.