Administrative law is the body of law that governs the administration and regulation of

government agencies (both federal and state). Government agency action can include rule making,
adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda. Administrative law is considered a
branch of public law. By (W, Kenton (2020)).

Administrative law deals with the decision-making of such administrative units of government as
tribunals, boards or commissions that are part of a national regulatory scheme in such areas as police
law, international trade, manufacturing, the environment, taxation, broadcasting, immigration and
transport.

Community development is a process where community members come together to take

collective action and generate solutions to common problems. By (The United Nations (2004)).

The following are roles of Administrative law in relation to the community development: By
(Rabin, J. (2003)).

To ensure transparency and openness in the community: Transparency means being open,
communicative, and responsive. Based on this principle, it is the obligation of public authorities to make
public all information related to the activity of the community, while on the other hand; interested
parties should have equal access to data and information sources.

To provide an effective redresser system for community grievance: The Grievance Redress
System is a national platform on which citizens/community can lodge formal, anonymous complaints
about public service providers. Allows users to file complaints anonymously, in order to reduce concerns
about negative repercussions that may occur in the community.

To study the statutory bodies which translate the public policy of the government: a statutory
body is an organization with the authority to check that the activities of the community members are
legal and follow official rules for the community development. Public policy is best described as the
broad area of government laws, regulations, court decisions, and local ordinances.

To determine the working relationship between administrative agencies for example between
ministers and local authorities: An administrative agency is an organization set up by a federal or state
government to manage a particular aspect of the law. The power of the local governments derives from
the central government's authorization or decentralization of power. Secondly, while decentralizing the
power, the central government withholds the power to manage important state issues, as was
stipulated in Article 89 of the Constitution.

To regulate the relation between the organized power and the common man: It regulates how
administrative authorities get public powers and contains procedural rules for the use of public powers,
substantive requirements that administrative authorities have to take into account when using their
powers, and provides objection procedures and judicial protection against administrative action in the
community.
 To control and regulate ministry to discretion: Administrative discretion refers to the flexible
exercising of judgment and decision making allowed to public administrators. Regulatory agencies have
the power to exercise this type of discretion in their day-to-day activities, and there have been cases
where regulatory agencies have abused this power. Administrative law can help these agencies get on
the path of following regulations, serve the public, and in turn, a reflection of the public's values and
beliefs. Example Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v Volpe--In this 1971 case, in Memphis,
Tennessee, a group of citizens claimed that The Secretary of Transportation made the decision to have
construction of a highway where Overton Park was located and violated statutes enacted by the
congress. The court holding under justice Burger upheld the "feasible and prudent" clause: wherein an
alternative exists to circumvent building the proposed highway through the park. Furthermore, the
Secretary's decision to use federal money for the highway did not comply with the Department of
Transportation Act of 1966.

All in all Administrative law aids a lot in ensuring transparency and openness in the community
which in turn brought about development, not only that but also it reduces concerns about negative
repercussions that may occur in the community due to the redresser system it provide to the
community.
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