The Authorities of Detecting the Deviation and Announcing the Dissolution of the Local Councils in Iranian Law

According to article 106 of Constitution, the authorities that have jurisdiction in respect of the dissolution of the local councils, are: An authority that detects the deviation that leads to the dissolution and the authority that handles the objection to the dissolution. The first authority can be either judicial or quasi-judicial. But, by virtue of the legislator initiative, the boards in charge of dispute resolution and complaints handling (the provincial and the central) are competent and suitable bodies for detecting the deviation of local councils from the statutory duties. However, according to Article 106 of Constitution, the “Competent court” is the entity that has jurisdiction to handle the objection to the dissolution. Due to legal precedent, the “competent court” is interpreted to public courts, but it seems that with regard to the expertise of the judges of Administrative Justice Court, this court will be more suitable authority for it.