Maladministration

Maladministration is a political term which describes the actions of a government

Government

Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

 body which can be seen as causing an injustice.

The law in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

  says Ombudsman

Ombudsman

An ombudsman is a person who acts as a trusted intermediary between an organization and some internal or external constituency while representing not only but mostly the broad scope of constituent interests...

must investigate ‘maladministration’. The definition of maladministration is wide and can include:

• Delay
• Incorrect action or failure to take any action
• Failure to follow procedures or the law
• Failure to provide information
• Inadequate record-keeping
• Failure to investigate
• Failure to reply
• Misleading or inaccurate statements
• Inadequate liaison
• Inadequate consultation
• Broken promises

External links

• ADRnow - 'What is maladministration?'

It is a malfunctioning of an organisation caused mainly by the top management