Control of compliance with the order of consideration of applications of citizens and legal entities to the bodies of state authority and local self-government

The article discusses the issues of legal regulation of control over the observance of the procedure for considering appeals of citizens and legal entities to government and local authorities. The paper concludes that the use of the control function of the institution of citizens' appeals, which was widely used in the Soviet period, on the basis of constructive rethinking and enrichment of the accumulated experience, will make it possible to more effectively coordinate the efforts of society and the state in the interests of the development of the entire state.