What does Untätigkeitsklage mean?
An Untätigkeitsklage (inaction lawsuit) is a lawsuit against an office that does not decide your application or Widerspruch.
die Untätigkeitsklage · die Untätigkeitsklagen (plural)
This is only possible once the office has not decided for a long time and gives no adequate reason.
First ask in writing about the status. Sometimes that is enough.
At the Sozialgericht, the lawsuit is usually free for insured people and people who receive benefits.
Example sentence
Hiermit erhebe ich Untätigkeitsklage, weil über meinen Widerspruch nicht entschieden wurde.
I hereby bring an Untätigkeitsklage because no decision has been made on my Widerspruch.
What you can do
Write down when you handed in the application or Widerspruch. Keep the proof.
Related words
- Klage With a Klage (lawsuit), you ask a court to check a decision made by an office.
- Widerspruch With a Widerspruch, you tell the office: I do not agree with this Bescheid.
- Antrag With an Antrag (application), you ask an office for something, for example money or a permit.
- Sozialgericht The Sozialgericht (social court) decides disputes with the Jobcenter, the Krankenkasse, the Rentenversicherung and other social benefit bodies.
- Verwaltungsgericht The Verwaltungsgericht (administrative court) decides disputes with authorities outside social and tax law, for example with the Ausländerbehörde.