The supervisory complaint criticises the alleged personal misconduct of civil servants

• Civil servants,
• Public service employees or judges
• Judges.

The aim of the complaint is to initiate supervisory measures against this person.

Note: You cannot obtain a different decision on the merits by lodging an official supervisory complaint.
If you wish to obtain a different decision on the matter, you can lodge a professional supervisory complaint.
You state what you are complaining about and what you want to achieve with the complaint. The administration will then categorise the complaint as an official or specialist supervisory complaint.

As an informal legal remedy, the official supervisory complaint cannot replace formal legal remedies (appeals). It does not postpone or prevent the implementation of decisions or measures. Possible deadlines continue to run. If you wish to stop the implementation or deadlines, you must lodge an objection or a complaint or apply for summary proceedings in court.

The following groups of people do not have a superior but are subject to political responsibility:

• Ministers,
• District administrators and
• Mayors.

In principle, you cannot lodge a complaint against these persons. This does not apply to district councillors if the complaint concerns state tasks of the district administration.

In certain cases, complaints may be lodged against mayors and district councillors, which will be examined by the legal supervisory authority.