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Under the lease agreement, Viktor Frantsuz, as a military service veteran, was provided with a plot of 1,000 square meters in Vladivostok for suburban farming. He also registered ownership of a residential house on this land. However, when he requested to receive the plot in ownership without bidding, the municipality refused.

The lower courts, recognizing the refusal as lawful, based their decision on the fact that land plots are provided only for gardening, vegetable gardening, livestock farming, or personal subsidiary farming, and not “for the operation of a residential house.”

The Judicial Chamber for Administrative Cases of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation reviewed the legality of the decisions made. The case materials confirmed that the applicant’s ownership of the residential house located on the land plot had been duly registered in the Unified State Register of Real Estate and was not contested by any party.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court concluded that, in this case, the provisions of law establishing the applicant’s exclusive right to acquire the land plot into ownership are applicable.