The purpose of the Court is outlined in the Constitution: "Article 125 (1) The Supreme Administrative Court shall exercise supreme judicial oversight as to the precise and equal application of the law in administrative justice.
The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria of 1947[1] did not provide for judicial supervision over administrative acts, and as a result the Supreme Administrative Court was closed in 1948 by virtue of the Law on the Structure of People’s Courts.
The Constitution of the Republic of Bulgaria of 1991 provides for the establishment of a Supreme Administrative Court within one year.
[2] The current Chairman of the Supreme Administrative Court is Georgi Kolev.
It is used to describe the problems of Administrative Law and to present practices from the relevant European judicial institutions.