TAR Piemonte, Sec. I, April 24, 2009, No 1180
ITALIAN REPUBLIC IN THE NAME OF THE ITALIAN PEOPLE
The Regional Administrative Court of the Piedmont
(Section One)
gives the following
Judgement on the appeal to General Ledger number 1347 of 2006 proposed by: Josephine Prucca , represented by defense lawyer. Fernando Bracco and Stefania Pedace, with an address at the Chambers. Stefania Pedace in Turin, Corso Re Umberto, 65;
against
Mayor of Montaldo di Mondovi, as an officer of the government, represented and defended by the lawyer. Jack Henry, with an address at the dr. Elena in Jacks Torino, corso Cairoli, 8-bis;
Ministero dell’interno, rappresentato e difeso dall'Avvocatura distrettuale dello Stato, domiciliata per legge in Torino, corso Stati Uniti, 45;
per l'annullamento
dell'ordinanza contingibile ed urgente n. 5 emessa dal Sindaco del Comune di Montaldo Mondovì il 27.5.2004, con la quale è stato ordinato alla Ditta Galleano Giovanni, corrente in Montaldo di Mondovì, di provvedere, con estrema sollecitudine, all'esecuzione dell'intervento demolitorio del fabbricato rurale prospiciente la via di Circonvallazione della Frazione Roamarenca, distinto al catasto terreni al Foglio 4, mappali 14, 16, 17 e 23,
and if necessary, to cancel
the decisions of the GM nos. 1 / 2004 and 16/2004 and the Civil Law 13/2004 with which the City Council first and then the City Council decided to proceed with the acquisition of that building unsafe on public land necessary for the demolition of that which is essential for the safety of the land on which the said building and insists on the preservation of public safety and construction, instead of a square needed for the Village Roamarenca,
and the consequent condemnation
the Interior Ministry to pay damages dalla ricorrente.
Visto il ricorso con i relativi allegati;
Visto l'atto di costituzione in giudizio del Sindaco del Comune di Montaldo di Mondovi;
Visto l'atto di costituzione in giudizio del Ministero dell’interno;
Viste le memorie difensive;
Visti gli atti tutti della causa;
Relatore nell'udienza pubblica del giorno 9/4/2009 il dott. Richard Goso e uditi per le parti i difensori intervenuti, come specificato nel verbale;
Ritenuto e considerato in fatto e diritto quanto segue:
FATTO
La ricorrente era proprietaria di un fabbricato rurale ubicato nel territorio del Comune Montaldo di Mondovì, facente parte di un più esteso edificio owned by third parties.
ascertained the existence of hazardous conditions on the stability of the building, the town of Montaldo di Mondovi, by order of the union April 4, 2003, was closed to vehicular and pedestrian facing the road to it.
In 2003, although other authorities had reported to the City in danger of collapse of parts of the building and suggested the adoption of measures to protect public safety.
It was followed by the adoption of appropriate measures for the acquisition of the properties of the deliberative portion of the building of the applicant (to our knowledge, not perfected) and its subsequent demolition, until provvedimento d’urgenza n. 5 del 27 maggio 2004, con cui il Sindaco di Montaldo di Mondovì ordinava alla ditta Galleano Giovanni di procedere alla demolizione del fabbricato rurale, intervento portato a compimento nello stesso mese di maggio del 2004.
Con atto di citazione notificato il 19 aprile 2005, l’attuale ricorrente conveniva in giudizio, davanti al Tribunale di Mondovì, il Comune di Montaldo di Mondovì, chiedendone la condanna al risarcimento dei danni subiti per la demolizione del fabbricato di proprietà.
Il giudizio venne definito con sentenza n. 227 del 31 agosto 2006, declaratoria del difetto di giurisdizione del giudice ordinario in favore del giudice amministrativo.
Preso atto di tale pronuncia, l’interessata brought this action to deal with, served on the Mayor of Montaldo di Mondovi on November 9, 2006 and the Ministry of Interior on November 10, 2006, instand for the annulment of the aforementioned Ordinance No. 5 / 2004 (and, if necessary, other measures indicated in the epigraph) and for the condemnation of the Interior Ministry to pay damages, since the measure adopted by the Mayor as an officer of the government.
At the outset, the representative asks to be called in to the appeal of the measures which affect its interests, if that appeal is considered by the judges the same way as a condition of eligibility for claim for damages.
the substance, relies on the following grounds of appeal:
I) Infringement. 7, 8 and 10 l. 7.8.1990, n. 241.
The complaint relates to the failure to communicate the opening defined by the order under appeal in the main and the failure indication, the measure itself, the specific reasons of urgency that may justify the omission, however, considered to be unprovable because of the long time elapsed from the first interim injunction (that of April 4, 2003 closing of the road).
II) Infringement. 54, second and fourth paragraphs of the decree. 18.8.2000, n. 267 and 30 of Legislative Decree no. 30.4.1992, no 285. Excess power for violation of due proceedings.
Before placing the demolition of the building, the Mayor, subject to the proper procedural sequence designed by the law, he should invite the applicant to secure the property he owned.
III) violation and misapplication of Article. 54, second paragraph, of Legislative Decree no. 18.8.2000, n. 267. Ultra vires for lack of motivation and false assumptions as well as lack of inquiry.
The contested measure in core would be completely inadequate in relation to the qualification of the fact that evidence and exceptional incident and was not preceded by an appropriate inquiry to verify the effective pericolo di crollo del fabbricato.
In contrasto con la sua natura, inoltre, detto provvedimento sarebbe destinato a regolare la situazione in modo stabile e duraturo.
IV) Eccesso di potere per difetto di istruttoria e per violazione del principio di proporzionalità nella comparazione degli interessi in gioco.
Vertendosi in materia nella quale la giurisdizione del giudice amministrativo è estesa al merito, il giudicante dovrebbe valutare la possibilità, asseritamente sussistente nella fattispecie, di tutelare la pubblica incolumità mediante misure meno lesive degli interessi del privato, concretamente volte alla conservazione dell’edificio anziché alla sua demolizione.
In punto risarcimento del danno, l’esponente states that it should cover the costs for the reconstruction of the building to remove debris and restore the area, the damage suffered for the lack of property and the value of movable assets that were in it (the applicant, later, he formally renounced the latter item of damage).
It has defended the town of Montaldo di Mondovi, pleading at the outset, the application was inadmissible on account of delay el'insussistenza conditions to give rise to the referral in terms of the applicant.
the merits, the defense argued in the local sense of groundlessness of appeal.
He also made the Attorney District of the State, representing the Ministry of Interior. With
pleadings in the vicinity of the public hearing, the defense of the applicant and the City have further articulated their arguments.
called for public hearing on April 9, 2009 Finally, the application was considered in the decision.
LAW
1) The subject of this appeal is the order of urgency and contingibile No 5 of 27 May 2004, by which the Mayor of Montaldo di Mondovi, confirmed the precarious stability of agricultural building owned by the applicant and the consequent hazards to public safety, ordered to a third company to provide the demolition of the building itself.
epigraph and the conclusions of the appeal is sought, where appropriate, the cancellation of other instruments adopted by the deliberative bodies of the municipality, however, remained devoid of execution and do not constitute assumption of the contested measure in the main.
Since the contested order was fully executed before the commencement of the administrative court appeal, the applicant's interest is focused on the damages caused by the intervention identified with regard to demolition and reconstruction costs of the building, the removal of debris and the restoration of the unavailability and injury resulting the building itself.
2) Before exploring the merits of the appeal, one should look about the exception of late submission by the respondents agreed the proposal, according to which the current applicant had full knowledge of the measures challenged in the immediacy of their adoption.
Given that the order under appeal in the Principality was adopted May 27, 2004 and the appeal was served only on 9 and 10 November 2006, well beyond the term decadenziale law, demonstrating the merits of the inadmissibility supplied from the same applicant who has voluntarily given, in the original opinion, a request for relief to the appeal that takes as its logical assumption needed to recognize the appeal out of time.
amounts to saying that the request for relief would not make sense if the applicant, contrary to later in the trial, had reason to have confidence in the timeliness of the appeal. Further confirmation
and decisive in this sense riviene on page 9 of the application, which states that non-disclosure of the contested measures had prevented the immediate target to acquire cognizance, and stipulate that they have the same "learned only after of proceedings brought before the Court of Mondovi.
This statement proves that full knowledge and urgent appeal in order contingibile main one dating at the latest, at the time when that measure was produced by the defense in the trial before the Municipal Court of Mondovi, then On July 4, 2005.
For completeness, we note that the performance shown would have been the case recently, however, to determine if suitable ex for the same period of appeal.
If it is true that, for Consolidated Guidance case law, the filing in court of an act it implies knowledge on the part of the sole defender, it is also important as the contribution of the prosecution to litigation, which involves the power to make and receive all the acts of the process, makes the knowledge of the defendant should be considered for all purposes as part of knowledge (see TAR Puglia, Lecce, sec. III, 18 August 2008 No. 2394).
This statement does not involve any infringement of the principle of effective defense, provided that the party which takes advantage of the case carried out by his lawyer is bound to be affected by the relevant persons were there in the head with it.
3) Must be considered at this point, the request for relief brought by the applicant with respect to alleged difficulties in interpretation and oscillations case law that would apply to make pardonable error in which it is incurred in relation to the late notification of the appeal.
In the statement of defense filed March 26, 2009, the applicant states that the alleged right to be recognized in terms of referral "to the objective uncertainty, which in 2005 was still in terms of authority delegated to hear actions for damages arising out of unlawful administrative action. "
The prospect defensive approach is wrong, since no doubt that the regulatory system following the Law of 21 July 2000, no 205, issues related damages shaping itself as Appendix physiological provvedimentale of the government peacefully belonged to the jurisdiction of administrative courts.
It follows that the applicant intends in 2005 to enforce the accountability of public administration activities procedural unlawful, could not err, even having regard to the instructions given by the Constitutional Court judgments No. 204, 6 July 2004 and No 281, July 28, 2004, in finding a court with jurisdiction.
A not dissimilar conclusions we reach where it is considered that the subject had intended to respond, in origin, against a mere material behavior of public administration and have learned only later detrimental to the existence of the measure, because the knowledge gained in the course of the trial before the ordinary courts of the charges, in each case, to deploy immediately challenged before the administrative courts.
not states, finally, the fact, reported by the applicant, who was not indicated in the body before which was to be lodged its appeal courts, since such an omission may constitute a precondition for the recognition of the error excusable only in If it is a justified considerable uncertainty about the means of protection used by a person injured by that act.
In this case, the removal of a situazione obiettiva di incertezza comporta l’irrilevanza dell’omissione de qua in quanto, in caso contrario, la mancanza di un adempimento formale varrebbe quale indiscriminata esenzione dall’onere di ottemperare a prescrizioni vincolanti ex lege (Cons. Stato, sez. IV, 27 novembre 2008, n. 5860).
4) Il tema affrontato sub 3) si allaccia, anche nelle prospettazioni della parte ricorrente, con quello della translatio iudicii.
Sostiene l’esponente che il presente giudizio costituisce prosecuzione o riassunzione di quello incardinato nel 2005 davanti al giudice ordinario e definito con pronuncia declinatoria della giurisdizione; essa precisa, altresì, che la continuità dei giudizi andrebbe riconosciuta nonostante the first judge had not taken heads expressed on the reinstatement and preservation of the effects of the application.
In this case, however, the application of that principle of translatio judice - said, with different line of argument, both the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court - may not result in the desired effect on the applicant.
In fact, the protection of substantive and procedural effects resulting from the commencement of the action before the court of jurisdiction can not be baked, seasoned in law, a means of circumventing the terms decadenziali provided by law for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests in the seat own that is before the court with jurisdiction (State cons., sect. V, April 14, 2008, 1606). Unlike
questionable, the proposition's claim for damages before the civil courts, even where it is baked peacefully jurisdiction, would be easy to use tool to circumvent the deadlines decadenziali appeals against administrative acts are illegal, where the inertia of 'have made them interested expire unnecessarily.
5) For these reasons, the action for annulment explicated by the applicant is late and the action must be declared inadmissible extent.
will now consider the question of compensation for damage allegedly caused dall’esecuzione del provvedimento impugnato e, in tale ambito, deve preliminarmente valutarsi se l’irricevibilità dell’azione di annullamento osti allo scrutinio delle censure di legittimità dedotte dalla parte ricorrente.
Si pone, in altre parole, la nota questione della sussistenza della cosiddetta pregiudiziale amministrativa, rispetto alla quale, nonostante le contrarie argomentazioni sviluppate dalla ricorrente, anche richiamandosi alle pronunce della Corte di cassazione contrarie all’affermazione del principio, non si ritiene di doversi discostare dai propri precedenti specifici (T.A.R Piemonte, sez. I, 13 novembre 2006, n. 4130) e dai principi affermati ancora del tutto recentemente dal Consiglio di Stato (sez. VI, 3 febbraio 2009, n. 578).
E’ appena il caso di rammentare, al riguardo, come il principio della pregiudiziale, fondato sull’impossibilità di accertare in via incidentale l’illegittimità dell’atto quale elemento costitutivo della responsabilità aquiliana della pubblica amministrazione, costituisca fondamentale presidio a tutela della certezza delle situazioni giuridiche di diritto pubblico, in connessione con il termine decadenziale prescritto per l’impugnazione dei provvedimenti amministrativi.
Le accennate esigenze di certezza, infatti, risulterebbero inevitabilmente compromesse laddove fosse consentito al privato, rimasto inerte di fronte ad un provvedimento a lui sfavorevole (nel senso di have not contested or challenged him late), to act for damages in the broader limitation period of five years.
Nor can we believe that the principle at issue impose any restriction on judicial protection: first, because the compensation is an instrument of protection further than demolition, to do justice to the citizen against the government ( cf. Corte cost., July 6, 2004, No. 204), and, because the law knows many cases of administrative dispute before the ordinary courts where, focusing on the need for legal certainty, are time limits which expire decadenziali preclude the exercise of compensation (as, for example, in relation to administrative penalties imposed by orders-orders, withdrawal of the employer or, again, of corporate resolutions and condominiums were not contested) , without having been called into question the constitutionality of those foreclosures.
It is still clear that the affirmation of the principle of ruling does not involve a foreclosure of a procedural examination of the claim for damages, but determines to fail on the merits (cons. State, sect. VI, February 3, 2009 No 578 and June 19, 2008, n. 3059).
The demand for compensation arising a measure which, as in this case, it was belatedly contested, therefore, admissible, but unfounded, since the late appeal when you give the source to operate in a prescriptive, dictating the rule of the case by authorizing the production of its effects and requiring compliance with subsidiaries, thus preventing the damage could be considered unfair or unlawful conduct of the administration in implementing the act.
For these reasons, it must be rejected the claim for damages brought by the applicant.
6) In conclusion, the application must be declared inadmissible in part, with reference to Action cancellation, and in part rejected, with reference to the question of damages.
7) The peculiarity of the issues addressed can fully compensate for the costs of litigation between the parties constituted.
PQM
The Regional Administrative Court of the Piedmont section. I finally pronouncing on the appeal in the epigraph, declares in part inadmissible and in part rejects it, as motivation.
offset expenses. Sort
that this sentence is carried out by the administrative authority.
Decided in Turin in the closed session of the day 09/04/2009 with the participation of Judges:
Franco Bianchi, President Richard
Goso, First Legal secretary, Alfonso Extender
Graziano, Legal secretary
FILED IN OFFICE
on 24/04/2009
(Art. 55, L. 27/4/1982, n. 186)
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