Implementing Regulation of the Law of Procedures before the Board of Grievances

Chapter 1: General Provisions

Article 1

Previous Amendments
  • 1. The deadlines specified in the Law are calculated from the day following the day on which the Order occurred, and they expire at the end of the last day. If the last day coincides with an official holiday, it is extended to the first working day thereafter.

  • 2. The competent administration shall prepare the procedures and forms necessary for the enforcement of the Law and the Regulation; a decision for their approval shall be issued by the President of the Administrative Judicial Council.

  • 3. The procedures stipulated in the Law and the Regulation may be carried out electronically, and signature may be replaced by verification and appropriation methods, provided that this is done through the approved electronic systems.

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Article 2

  • 1. The court that has jurisdiction in the area where the defendant is located is not territorially competent if the case relates to a branch of the entity being sued.

  • 2. If the employee is suspended or imprisoned, the territorial jurisdiction belongs to the court that is located in the area of their suspension or imprisonment.

  • 3. The Administrative High Court resolves conflicts of jurisdiction between the courts of the Diwan.

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Article 3

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  • 1. The administrative authorities shall be notified through the relevant ministers or heads of independent government agencies or their representatives.

  • 2. An employee may be notified in the disciplinary action through their workplace.

  • 3. Notification to the verified mobile phone or verified email is considered valid and effective unless the concerned party informs the Board of Grievances of a change in accordance with the approved form or through the electronic systems approved by the Board for that purpose. For the administrative authority, it suffices to approve the change according to the method of address verification.

  • 4. The verification of the mobile phone and email for the administrative authority shall be approved by the relevant minister or the head of the independent government agency or their representative.

  • 5. Except for the administrative authorities, both the mobile phone and email are considered verified if they are:

    • A- Registered by the owner in the Statement of Claim or request to receive notifications through it.

    • B- Registered in the account intended for notification at the National Information Center or the approved electronic systems.

    • C- Included in a contract between the parties to the dispute if it includes receiving notifications thereon, for disputes arising from that contract.

  • 6. Notification by electronic means is considered received unless a notice of non-delivery is received or the notifier from the competent authority proves non-receipt.

Article 4

Previous Amendments
  • 1. The Notification by electronic means must include, in addition to the electronic notification data stipulated in the Civil Procedures Law, the following information: 

    • A- Name of the Plaintiff or Claimant

    • B- Subject of the Notification 

    • C- Name of the Court, its location, and the division

    • D- Time and date of the Hearing.

  • 2. The Notification by electronic means - as applicable - shall include a copy or an electronic link to the Statement of Claim or Claim.

Chapter 2: Filing and Registering the Lawsuit

Article 5

Previous Amendments
  • 1. The Statement of Claim shall be submitted to the Litigation and Judgments Administration at the Court in the presence of the Plaintiff or their representative.

  • 2. No more than one Plaintiff or multiple unrelated claims or claims for annulment and compensation may be combined in the same case.

  • 3. The Statement of Claim must include the following information:

    • A. The nationality of the Plaintiff and their identification details or what substitutes it for a person with a special legal personality, as well as the nationality of their representative and their identification details and representation.

    • B. The mobile phone number and email address of the Plaintiff and their representative.

  • 4. The following must accompany the Statement of Claim:

    • A. A copy of what substitutes for the identity for a person with a special legal personality.

    • B. A copy of the document proving the capacity of the Plaintiff's representative.

    • C. An accredited translation of documents written in a language other than Arabic.

  • 5. The documents accompanying the Statement of Claim must be indexed.

  • 6. In applying paragraph (2) of this article, the following is sufficient:

    • A. The date of the appeal, the authority to which the appeal is made, and its result in the cases specified in Article (13/A) of the Law of the Board of Grievances.

    • B. In annulment cases: the number of the decision to be annulled and its date - if available - the authority that issued it, the date of knowledge of it, as well as the date of the appeal and its result in the cases that must be appealed before filing.

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Article 6

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1. The President of the Court shall decide on the appeal regarding the non-registration of the case.
2. The Ministry of Finance and the General Auditing Bureau shall be notified of the lawsuits that have been identified in coordination with them and no others.
3. If the case is returned to the Court and there is only one circuit, and it is necessary to refer it to another, the Administrative Judicial Council shall appoint someone to consider it.
4. By a decision of the President of the Administrative Judicial Council, a unified center may undertake any of the tasks of managing lawsuits in the courts.

Article 7

Previous Amendments

1. The Statement of Claim for disciplinary action shall be submitted to the Litigation Department in accordance with the approved form, and the department shall set the date for the hearing of the case immediately upon its registration, notifying both parties of the case, along with providing the defendant with a copy of the Statement of Claim.

Article 9

Previous Amendments
  • 1. The urgent claim shall be referred immediately upon its registration to the circuit.

  • 2. The claim shall be decided, if necessary, on the day following its referral to the circuit, and this shall only occur after verifying the jurisdiction and the conditions for accepting the claim.

  • 3. The circuit shall refer the judgment issued in the claim within twenty-four hours of its pronouncement to the Litigation Administration, accompanied by the following:

    • A. The original copy of the judgment issued in the claim.

    • B. A copy of the claim.

    • C. A copy of the Statement of Claim.

    • D. A copy of the minutes of the session considering the claim.

    • E. A copy of the documents and papers that the circuit deems necessary to attach.

  • 4. The Litigation Administration shall refer the objection to the judgment along with the attachments mentioned in the previous paragraph to the Administrative Appeal Court no later than the following day after its submission.

  • 5. The circuit's ruling on the claim shall expire with its judgment rejecting the claim.

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