http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/report97/pdf/en/rap97_en.pdf , the European Ombudsman considered that maladministration occurs when a public body fails to act in accordance with a rule or principle which is binding upon it,
http://www.euro-ombudsman.eu.int/report97/pdf/en/rap97_en.pdf Eiropas ombuds pauda viedokli, ka valsts iestāde pieļauj kļūdu tad, ja nerīkojas saskaņā ar tai saistošu noteikumu vai principu;