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Tengrinews.kz - The Astana city court has reviewed a lawsuit filed by citizen A. against the government, seeking to declare illegal and annul the resolution "On the Procedure for Time Calculation in the Republic of Kazakhstan" and Resolution No. 20 dated January 19, 2024, which introduced amendments to it, according to the court's press service.
Previously, the interdistrict civil court had rejected the lawsuit.
The plaintiff argued that the time zone change does not correspond to astronomical time, that the respondent lacked the authority to make such decisions, and that more than half of the legal act's text had been altered, effectively creating a new regulatory document.
According to the court's statement, under the "Law on Ensuring the Unity of Measurements," the development of key directions of unified state policy in this field falls under the government's jurisdiction. A government resolution established an advisory commission on time and standard frequencies, one of whose functions is to propose changes to time calculation regulations in the country.
"The appeals court agreed with the first-instance court's conclusions that the contested resolutions were adopted by the government within its powers, as stipulated in Article 69 of the Constitution. Furthermore, since more than 24 years have passed since the original resolution was adopted on November 23, 2000, the court rightfully applied the general three-year statute of limitations. The claim that more than half of the legal act's text was altered was not substantiated and cannot serve as grounds for declaring the government's resolution unlawful, as the proper adoption procedure was followed. The first-instance court's decision remains unchanged. The judicial acts have entered into legal force," the court's press service reported.
Recall, a resident of Ust-Kamenogorsk, Serikzhan Akhmetzhanov, has filed a lawsuit in the civil court of Astana against the government of Kazakhstan, demanding that the decision to change the time zone be declared illegal and revoked.
Read about the court's decision here.
