U radu se obrađuje problematika pravne zaštite građana od povrede prava na suđenje u razumnom roku u postupcima pred Upravnim sudom Republike Hrvatske. Kako bi se navedena pravna zaštita mogla u potpunosti razumijeti u radu se najprije sumarno opisuje razvoj cjelokupnog instituta pravne zaštite od šutnje uprave u Republici Hrvatskoj. Nakon toga podrobnije se obrađuje upravo pravna zaštita od povrede prava na suđenje u razumnom roku u postupcima pred Upravnim sudom Republike Hrvatske pri čemu se naročita pažnja poklanja praksi Ustavnog suda Republike Hrvatske kao i praksi Vrhovnog suda Republike Hrvatske. Također, navedena se zaštita od nerazmno dugih rokova rješavanja Upravnog suda Republike Hrvatske promatra u odnosu na pravnu zaštitu od šutnje uprave u upravnom postupku.The article analyses issues on citizens’ legal protection from infringement of the right to trial within the reasonable time in procedures in front of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia. To understand in depth the legal protection, the first part of the article presents in nutshell a description of development of the entire institute of legal protection to prevent administrative silence in the Republic of Croatia. Further on, the author deals with the administrative legal protection from infringement of the right to trial within the reasonable time in procedures in front of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia paying a special attention to case law of the Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia and of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia. Moreover, the mentioned protection from unreasonably long Administrative Court procedures before final judgments are delivered is considered with regard to the legal protection to prevent administrative silence in administrative procedures