Constitutional complaint against administrative ruling: challenge to statutory interpretation and alleged violation of equal treatment principle

The Constitutional Court dismissed the constitutional complaint, upholding the challenged administrative decision and thereby leaving the respondent authority's original ruling in force. The dispute concerned a challenge to an individual administrative measure in the social security or insurance sector, where the complainant alleged that the lower authority's interpretation of the relevant insurance statutes violated fundamental rights, specifically the right to equal treatment and the principle of legality. The Court held that the contested provision was not unconstitutional and that the administrative bodies had not violated the complainant's constitutional rights in their application of the law, finding the statutory framework to be consistent with the Austrian Constitution.