Zasada ogólna szybkości postępowania w postępowaniu o świadczenia emerytalno-rentowe

The principle of prompt and simple proceedings is one of the general principles of the Code of Administrative Proceedings, set out in Article 12 of the latter. Pursuant to this principle, the authority shall act in a detailed and prompt manner, applying the simplest possible measures to dispose of the matter. This general principle shall apply in proceedings in matters of oldage and disability pensions. It is guaranteed by two groups of guarantees: 1) general, common with general administrative proceedings, and 2) specific, typical only of proceedings in matters of old-age and disability pensions (or in matters on social insurance). The second group consists of such guarantees as: time limit to dispose of the matter, right to file a complaint to court due to inaction, interests for delay in issuing a decision or a temporary benefit paid during the proceedings. In literature, it is said that the most important guarantee of the examined principle is time limit to dispose of the matter. In cases of old-age and disability pensions the first-time matter shall be disposed of in 30 days after clarifying the last fact necessary to dispose of the matter. This time limit is not detailed. It means that the principle of prompt and simple proceedings is not well guaranteed in the proceedings under examination.