Mannheim (dpa/lsw) – The Administrative Court (VGH) and the four administrative courts in the southwest significantly reduced the number of cases in 2022. The minus was about a fifth in each case. At the end of 2022, 1,237 proceedings were still outstanding at the VGH, compared to 1,546 a year earlier.
According to further information from the Mannheim judges on Thursday, the asylum procedures alone had fallen after years of increases in 2021 and 2022 – to 918 new entries. This corresponds to a minus of more than 40 percent. In 2020 there were still around 2050 entrances in this area. The judges are using this development to complete large numbers of pending cases, as the outgoing VGH President Volker Ellenberger explained.
He emphasized: “Our procedures also reflect the socially important issues of the time.” In particular, climate and environmental protection issues moved into focus.
According to Ellenberger, the admissibility and necessity of air pollution control plans for cities in Baden-Württemberg was wrestled with before the administrative courts. Wind turbines, power lines and other infrastructure projects, for example in connection with the large-scale Stuttgart 21 project, have been dealt with in court. The administrative courts have performed their task of guaranteeing legal protection against state measures very well.
