The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) is a quasi judicial body set up under the Central Administrative Tribunal Act to resolve the grievances of Central Government employees and State Government employees of India in a speedy and effective way.
History and objective
The Central Administrative Tribunal was set up under Central Administrative Tribunal Act in 1985 with the main aim of resolving the grievances of Central and State Government employees concerning their service matters, as a speedy and effective remedy. Currently, the Central Administrative Tribunal has 19 benches across Indian cities.
Members
The Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal should be from a judicial background.
The Central Administrative Tribunal has a bench of 70 members with 1 chairperson and 34 members from judicial and 35 members from administrative backgrounds. As per the laws for the functioning of Central Administrative Tribunal, each bench should comprise two members, one from judicial and one administrative background.
Chairpersons
# Chief Justice Assumed office Left office Term length Last office held 1 Justice Amitav Banerji 7 November 1988 4 December 1991 Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court 2 Justice V. S. Malimath 5 December 1991 11 June 1994 Chief Justice, Kerala High Court 3 Justice Satish Chandra Mathur 1 October 1994 7 September 1995 Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court 4 Justice Amratlal Paramananddas Ravani 8 May 1996 4 September 1996 Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court 5 Justice Krishna Murari Agarwal 5 February 1997 26 October 1999 Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court 6 Justice Ashok Chhotelal Agarwal 27 October 1999 26 August 2002 Chief Justice, Madras High Court 7 Justice Vinod Sagar Aggarwal 27 August 2002 19 August 2005 Judge, Delhi High Court Justice Basudeb Panigrahi (acting) 20 August 2005 17 January 2006 Judge, Orissa High Court 8 Justice Basudeb Panigrahi 18 January 2006 18 January 2007 9 Justice Vinod Kumar Bali 8 March 2007 8 March 2012 Chief Justice, Kerala High Court 10 Justice Syed Rafat Alam 8 August 2012 4 April 2016 Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court 11 Justice Permod Kohli 5 April 2016 5 April 2018 Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court 12 Justice L. Narasimha Reddy 3 July 2018 31 July 2021 Chief Justice, Patna High Court Manjula Das (acting) 1 August 2021 29 July 2022 Judicial Member, Central Administrative Tribunal Guwahati 13 Justice Ranjit Vasantrao More 30 July 2022 Incumbent Chief Justice, Meghalaya High Court
Powers
Central Administrative Tribunal, in respect of any of its contempt proceedings, has similar jurisdiction and powers as that of High Court.
Challenges
Central Administrative Tribunal regularly faces staff crunch.
See also
Tribunals in India.
References