Mootness of deadline extension request after prior instance decision rendered

The Administrative Court (VwGH) dismissed the applicant's petition for a procedural deadline, ordering the proceedings to be discontinued and awarding the applicant EUR 793.20 in costs from the federal government. The dispute concerned an application for a deadline extension submitted to the Federal Finance Court regarding a prior decision of August 14, 2018, which had already been issued and transmitted to the VwGH alongside the extension request. The court held that because the substantive decision was already rendered and forwarded, the pending motion for a time limit was moot and had to be dismissed. The ruling is based on § 38(4) of the Administrative Court Act (VwGG), which mandates the discontinuation of proceedings for such moot applications, with the cost award grounded in §§ 47 ff and § 56(1) second sentence VwGG in conjunction with the VwGH Expense Reimbursement Ordinance 2014.