The citizen Liliana Valcheva requested from the Regional Inspectorate of Education – Haskovo (RIE) information about inspections held in a particular school in the town of Topolovgrad (Haskovo Region).
The grounds of the refusal of the head of the RIE were that the APIA does not provide for the form requested by the citizen – by e-mail.
By a Decision No. 189/17.10.2012 (in Bulgarian), the Administrative Court Haskovo (ACH) repealed the refusal.
By a Decision No. 1864/11.02.2014 (in Bulgarian), the Supreme Administrative Court upheld the first instance court decision. The supreme justices emphasized that the request for information to be provided by e-mail is a valid request since the APIA provides for the provision of information on a material carrier.