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It is desirable to continue with administrative tribunals: CJI | Chief Justice of India KG Balakrishnan on Sunday expressed satisfaction that most benches of the Central Administrative Tribunal ( CAT ) have progressively improved their disposal in recent years. Addressing the All-India Conference of the CAT in the
national capital, Justice Balakrishnan , said: “Some regional benches have disposed
off a higher number of cases than the numbers instituted before them.” He further
said that even in the light of the L. Chandra Kumar decision, it is desirable
to continue with the administrative tribunals, despite the power of the High Courts
to scrutinize their decisions. “It must be noted that an overwhelming majority
of the decisions given by the benches of the CAT are upheld by the respective
high Courts. Also, these tribunals are more accessible top litigants, both in
terms of lower costs and absence of complex procedures,” he added. While, Minister
of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Prithviraj Chavan said
that so far 191 organizations have been brought within the ambit of the CAT .
“Naturally, more Government employees would be in a position to get speedy justice
for their grievances. If we can fulfill the infrastructure needs of the CAT ,
even the PSUs and the Public Sector Banking institutions could be covered,” Chavan
added. Refering to the Report of the Law Commission, titled “ L. Chandrakumar
be revisited by a larger Bench of the Supreme Court”, Chavan said: “The matter
has been discussed with the Chairman of the CAT and the Report is currently under
active consideration of the Government. We will have to find ways, which will
help us to protect the original objective with which the Administrative Tribunals
were conceived.” Chavan also expressed satisfaction that since its inception,
the CAT has handled about 5.32 lakh cases, out of which only about 23,000 are
pending. He further assured that there would be a constant support for all the
activities of the CAT . “We have taken steps to fill up the vacancies in the CAT
as soon as they arise. In fact, ever since the Act got amended, we have been able
to fill up about 47 vacancies. We will support construction of modern office space
wherever land available. CAT is already making good use of Information Technology.
We will support further upgradation,” Chavan said. Chairman of the Principal Bench
of CAT , Justice V.K. Bali, said that disposal at the principal bench was 110
percent as compared to the institution in the year 2008. “We have decided it as
a matter of policy that life of no case in the tribunal in any part of the country
would be more than six months. On an average, 91 per cent of cases of the principal
bench have been upheld in the petitions in Delhi High Court,” he said. |
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