Dugo vremena, sve do 1950 – ih godina, Državni savjet je bio jedino sudsko tijelo opće nadležnosti za upravne sporove. Danas, i to od njihova osnivanja 1953. godine, upravni sudovi su prvostupanjska sudska tijela u upravnim sporovima. Nakon što su 1953 osnovani upravni sudovi kako bi se rasteretio Državni savjet, trideset godina kasnije, odnosno 1980. godine, on se opet našao zatrpan brojnim žalbama, tako da se nijedan predmet nije mogao riješiti brže od tri godine nakon podnošenja tužbe. Stoga je zakonom od 31. prosinca 1987. godine, kako bi se poboljšala ta situacija, predviđeno da se na međuregionalnoj razini osnuju prizivni upravni sudovi.Up to 1950 the State legal advisor was the only judicial body of general supervision for administrative disputes. Today, since their foundation in 1953, administrative courts are first instance judicial bodies in administrative disputes. After 1953, administrative courts were established in order to ease the burden of the State Legal Advisor. Thirty years later, that is, in 1980, it was again inundated by numerous appeals so that not a single case was able to be resolved in less than three years after it had been submitted for appeal. Therefore, the law of 31 December 1987, in order to improve that situation, provided that appeal administrative courts be established at an interregional level
