行政公益诉讼中和解的适用问题研究

The Application of Reconciliation in Administrative Public Interest Litigation

根据《人民法院审理人民检察院提起公益诉讼案件试点工作实施办法》第十七条的规定,人民法院审理人民检察院提起行政公益诉讼案件,不适用调解。此条规定变相将行政公益诉讼纳入了一般行政诉讼的范围,即行政公益诉讼案件不属于特殊的允许调解的行政诉讼案件范围——如行政赔偿案件、自由裁量权案件等。对于一般的不适用调解的行政诉讼案件,在实务中却是大量存在通过法院协调和解,撤诉结案的情况。虽然这一现象存在规避不允许调解的法律之嫌,但不可否认的是,和解可以带来诸多优势。对于由人民检察院提起的行政公益诉讼,和解可以减轻检察院、法院和行政机关三个公权力之间的矛盾,减轻法院的压力,缩短行政机关采取应有补救措施的时间,有利于更快的解决问题。

According to the provisions of Article 17 of the Measures for the Implementation of the Pilot Work of the People’s Court in Trial of Public Interest Litigation Cases Initiated by the procuratorate,the court shall not apply mediation in the trial of Administrative Public Interest Litigation Cases Initiated by the procuratorate. This stipulates that administrative public interest litigation is included in the scope of general administrative litigation in a disguised way,that is,administrative public interest litigation cases do not belong to the special scope of administrative litigation cases that allow mediation,such as administrative compensation cases,discretion cases,etc. For general administrative litigation cases which are not applicable to mediation,in practice,there are a large number of cases that are withdrawn and settled through court coordination and conciliation.