2014 AT THE OMBUDSMAN THE YEAR INSTITUTION IN FIGURES 109 Grounds for rejection – 2014 Rejected cases, total Of which municipal and regional cases 1. Final rejections 1. Complaints which were submitted too late (Section 13(3) of the Ombudsman Act provides for a limitation period of one year) 94 32 2. The administrative case processing options had not been exhausted and were no longer available (section 14 of the Ombudsman Act) 56 28 3. Complaints which related to courts, judges or matters on which a court had made or could be expected to make a decision – and which were thus outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction (section 7(2) of the Ombudsman Act) 129 19 4. Complaints about matters which related to Parliament, including legislative issues, and which were thus outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction (cf., a contrario, especially section 7(1) of the Ombudsman Act) 38 1 5. Complaints which related to other matters outside the Ombudsman’s jurisdiction, including private legal matters (cf., a contrario, especially section 7(1) of the Ombudsman Act) 236 3 6. Complaints which were not clarified sufficiently to enable investigation and complaints which were withdrawn 242 81 7. Enquiries etc. without actual complaints 443 123 22 2 9. Complaints which the Ombudsman decided not to investigate (especially section 16(1) of the Ombudsman Act) 1,455 440 Final rejections, total 2,715 729 The administrative case processing options had not been exhausted (section 14 of the Ombudsman Act)1 1,717 749 Temporary rejections, total 1,717 749 Total (1+2) 4,432 1,478 8. Anonymous approaches (section 13(2) of the Ombudsman Act) 2. Temporary rejections 1) See note 2 to the chart on page 100.