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An administrative decision is a unilateral decision taken by the administration in a precise individual case (individual administrative act), which produces direct legal consequences to the legal order. Thus, the administrative decision is distinguished from other administrative acts, such as those having regulatory power (which are usually referred to as rules or regulations), as well as from those not having direct legal consequences. Administrative decisions are therefore characterized by the fact that they are taken by the Administration, they are unilateral and of individual application, and they carry legal consequences. Onerousness, or gravamen, of an administrative decision for an applicant is a basic requirement determining the applicant’s standing in any proceedings before the UNDT. Where an applicant has no stake in the contested administrative decision, since his rights and terms of employment were not affected by it, the application must be rejected for the lack of legal standing. The doctrine of administrative law recognizes both discretionary decisions and constrained decisions, the latter having basis in substantive law which determines that where elements of a certain legal norm are fulfilled, the administrative authority will issue a specific decision. Substantive law may be a primary or secondary general legislation or may be an administrative decision of a general order. Constrained decisions are as a rule reviewable for legality, i.e., their compliance with the elements of the controlling legal norm. To exclude a limine judicial review of constrained decisions would unjustly restrain the staff members’ right to a recourse to court.