Administrative Procedural Status of Participants in Disciplinary Proceedings

Abstract

The paper examines the legal status of participants in disciplinary proceedings, identifies and analyzes the existing points of view on their classification. Having brought together a number of approaches, the author proposes to classify participants in disciplinary proceedings on the following grounds: 1) according to their functional role in production; 2) depending on the obligatory nature of their participation in production; 3) depending on the interest of participants in the disciplinary proceedings in its results. The following is a description of the administrative and procedural status of participants in proceedings in disciplinary cases. The author substantiates proposals for improving the legal status of a civil servant in respect of which disciplinary proceedings are carried out. It is concluded that disciplinary proceedings as a whole are a means of realizing the legitimate interest of its participants. In conclusion, the author expresses the opinion that the current state of legal regulation of the legal status of participants in disciplinary proceedings in the civil service system of the Russian Federation in the context of incomplete reform of the civil service institution is far from being perfect.