tribunal administratif de besançon — ordonnance du 28 octobre 2025 — n° 2502141

ChatGPT ai generated procedural guidance submitted as filingprocedural misfiling

I. Executive Summary

The claimant submitted the results of a ChatGPT search about how to challenge a building-permit refusal. The tribunal held that those ChatGPT results could not be treated as an administrative court petition, but only as guidance on how to file one. Because the submission contained no actual claims or conclusions, it was manifestly inadmissible. The tribunal rejected the filing by order.

II. Conduct Analysis

The claimant attempted to initiate proceedings by sending ChatGPT-generated procedural guidance instead of a formal petition setting out claims and grounds.

III. Legal Foundations

Article R.222-1 (4°), code de justice administrative Article R.411-1, code de justice administrative

IV. Key Facts

1) The submission consisted of ChatGPT search results about procedural steps for contesting a refusal of planning permission. 2) The tribunal held this content could not qualify as a petition because it did not contain any conclusions/claims. 3) The filing was rejected as manifestly inadmissible under the administrative procedure rules.

V. Consequences & Sanction

1) Petition rejected as manifestly inadmissible. 2) No monetary sanction recorded in the order.