MECHANISM OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION OF THE PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF CITIZENS' APPEALS

The article is devoted to the analysis of the mechanism of administrative and legal regulation of procedures for consideration of citizens' appeals. It is noted that the analysis of this mechanism should be carried out through the prism of the study of such legal categories as "appeals", "procedure", "administrative procedure", "administrative procedure for consideration of citizens' appeals". It turns out that administrative procedure for consideration of citizens' appeals is a procedure regulated at the legislative level by an authorized entity (competent public authority) for actions that consist in consideration, in the terms determined by the legislation, relevant proposals (comments), statements (petitions) or complaints and notifications of persons who have applied to a public body about the results (consequences) of consideration of their application. It is proposed to understand the mechanism of administrative and legal regulation of procedures for consideration of citizens' appeals as a set of legally defined means by which the state, represented by authorized subjects of public administration, exercises public management influence on legal relations aimed at protecting the rights and legitimate interests of individuals and also, if necessary, for their restoration, which is carried out in order to ensure the rule of law as a legal regime of socio-political life in the state. It is indicated that when studying the mechanism of administrative and legal regulation of procedures for consideration of citizens' appeals, its elements should be given a decisive role. In the framework of this study, such structural elements as the rule of law and subjects were considered. It is proposed to divide the subjects acting as participants of administrative and legal relations concerning the address of citizens into two groups: obligatory and optional. It is determined that the obligatory subjects should include individuals who submit an application and the entity that reviews the application; to optional – persons in whose interests the appeal is filed, persons whose actions or omissions are challenged; persons who facilitate the consideration of the appeal.