Central Administrative Tribunal

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. ^{[1] [2]} Currently, the Central Administrative Tribunal has 19 benches across Indian cities. ^[3]

Members

The Chairman of Central Administrative Tribunal should be from a judicial background. ^[4]

The Central Administrative Tribunal has a bench of 70 members with 1 chairperson and 34 members from judicial and 35 members from administrative backgrounds. ^[5] 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	3 years, 27 days	Chief Justice, Allahabad High Court
2	Justice V. S. Malimath	5 December 1991	11 June 1994	2 years, 188 days	Chief Justice, Kerala High Court
3	Justice Satish Chandra Mathur	1 October 1994	7 September 1995	341 days	Chief Justice, Jammu and Kashmir High Court
4	Justice Amratlal Paramananddas Ravani	8 May 1996	4 September 1996	119 days	Chief Justice, Rajasthan High Court
5	Justice Krishna Murari Agarwal	5 February 1997	26 October 1999	2 years, 263 days	Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court
6	Justice Ashok Chhotelal Agarwal	27 October 1999	26 August 2002	2 years, 303 days	Chief Justice, Madras High Court
7	Justice Vinod Sagar Aggarwal	27 August 2002	19 August 2005	2 years, 357 days	Judge, Delhi High Court
–	Justice Basudeb Panigrahi (acting)	20 August 2005	17 January 2006	150 days	Judge, Orissa High Court
8	Justice Basudeb Panigrahi	18 January 2006	18 January 2007	1 year, 0 days
9	Justice Vinod Kumar Bali	8 March 2007	8 March 2012	5 years, 0 days	Chief Justice, Kerala High Court
10	Justice Syed Rafat Alam	8 August 2012	4 April 2016	3 years, 240 days	Chief Justice, Madhya Pradesh High Court
11	Justice Permod Kohli	5 April 2016	5 April 2018	2 years, 0 days	Chief Justice, Sikkim High Court
12	Justice L. Narasimha Reddy	3 July 2018	31 July 2021	3 years, 28 days	Chief Justice, Patna High Court
–	Manjula Das (acting)	1 August 2021	29 July 2022	362 days	Judicial Member, Central Administrative Tribunal Guwahati
13	Justice Ranjit Vasantrao More	30 July 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 32 days	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. ^[6]

Challenges

Central Administrative Tribunal regularly faces staff crunch. ^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Tribunals in India.

References

1. "Central govt. employee asked to approach CAT". The Hindu. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
2. "Pending cases in CAT". DailyExcelsior. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
3. "Function 7 days in a month in city: HC to CAT". The Times of India. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
4. "New Chairman CAT calls on Dr Jitendra". DailyExcelsior. 6 August 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
5. Sinha, Bhadra (15 April 2021). "Acute staff crunch paralyses tribunal set up to ensure quick disposal of service matters". ThePrint. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
6. "CAT can exercise same powers as HC". The Hindu. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
7. Singh, Soibam Rocky (6 January 2019). "CAT backlog mounts as posts vacant". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
8. "CAT vacancies: The entire tribunal has collapsed, says Supreme Court". business-standard.com. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2023.