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Classification of police disciplinary appeal decisions as administrative acts under Law No. 554/2004

Case Number ICCJ_232833
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice, acting through the Full Panel for Recourse in the Public Interest, admitted the recourse filed by the appellate court leadership, establishing a binding, unitary interpretation of the law with mandatory effect under Art. 517(4) of the Civil Procedure Code. The legal issue concerned whether a reasoned decision by a hierarchical superior police officer rejecting a subordinate’s challenge to a disciplinary sanction constitutes an administrative act subject to judicial review. The Court ruled that such a decision, which upholds the initial sanction upon finding the appeal unfounded or late, qualifies as an administrative act within the meaning of Art. 2(1)(c) of Law No. 554/2004 (Administrative Litigation Act). Consequently, this decision prevails over any contradictory jurisprudence and mandates that such police disciplinary reviews be processed in administrative courts based on the statutory provisions of Law No. 360/2002 regarding the Police Status.

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art. 61 din Legea nr. 360/2002, art. 61 din Legea nr. 360/2002 privind Statutul polițistului, art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă; Classification of police disciplinary appeal decisions as administrative acts under Law No. 554/2004: 517(4) of the Civil Procedure Code. The legal issue concerned whether a reasoned decision by a hierarchical superior police officer rejecting a subordinate’s challenge to a disciplinary sanction constitutes an administrative act subject to judicial review. The Court ruled that such a decision, which upholds the initial sanction upon finding the appeal unfounded or late, qualifies as an administrative act within the meaning of Art. 2(1)(c) of Law No. 554/2004 (Administrative Litigation Act). Consequently, this decision prevails over any contradictory jurisprudence and mandates that such police disciplinary reviews be processed in administrative courts based on the statutory provisions of Law No. 360/2002 regarding the Police Status.

Keywords

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administrative acts disciplinary law judicial review police officers interpretation of the law Civil Procedure Code

Cited Legislation

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art. 61 din Legea nr. 360/2002
În interpretarea şi aplicarea unitară a dispozițiilor art. 61 din Legea nr.
art. 61 din Legea nr. 360/2002 privind Statutul polițistului
Substantive provision cited in the dispositive to define the nature of the police unit chief's decision regarding the rejection of a disciplinary appeal.
art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă
Procedural provision cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory and binding effect of the decision rendered in a recourse in the public interest.
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ICCJ_234591
Internal disciplinary complaint rejection by police superior classified as justiciable administrative act
Decizia nr. 1594/2011
Judicial suspension of administrative acts: strict interpretation of "well-justified case" and "imminent damage" requirements under Law No. 554/2004
Decizia nr. 472/2015
Challenge to methodological guidelines: classification of administrative acts under Law No. 554/2004 and jurisdiction of administrative courts
Decizia nr. 3291/2011
Police disciplinary sanction: admissibility of challenging only the pre-litigation objection response versus the original administrative act under Legea nr. 554/2004
Decizia nr. 360/2011
Suspension of administrative acts challenging removal from police post after security clearance revocation: appeal dismissed, lower court upheld.

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art. 61 din Legea nr. 360/2002 privind Statutul polițistului

Substantive provision cited in the dispositive to define the nature of the police unit chief's decision regarding the rejection of a disciplinary appeal.

art. 2 alin. (1) lit. c) din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004

Legal definition applied in the dispositive to classify the police decision as an administrative act subject to judicial review.

art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă

Procedural provision cited in the dispositive to establish the mandatory and binding effect of the decision rendered in a recourse in the public interest.

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ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru soluționarea recursului în interesul legii

Minuta deciziei nr. 2 Dosar nr. 2242/1/2025

Şedinţa din 9 februarie 2026

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

DECIDE:

Admite recursul în interesul legii formulat de Colegiul de conducere al Curții de Apel Galaţi și, în consecință, stabilește că:

În interpretarea şi aplicarea unitară a dispozițiilor art. 61 din Legea nr. 360/2002 privind Statutul polițistului, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare, decizia motivată a șefului unității ierarhic superioare, prin care se dispune respingerea contestației, ca neîntemeiată sau ca tardiv introdusă, precum și menținerea sancțiunii aplicate reprezintă un act administrativ, în sensul art. 2 alin. (1) lit. c) din Legea contenciosului administrativ nr. 554/2004, cu modificările şi completările ulterioare.

Obligatorie, conform art. 517 alin. (4) din Codul de procedură civilă.

Pronunțată în ședință publică astăzi, 9 februarie 2026.