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Administrative
Tribunals Act, 1985
As amended by Administrative
Tribunals (Amendment) Act, 2006 |
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Preamble |
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CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
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Short
title, extent and commencement |
| 2. |
Act
not to apply to certain persons |
| 3. |
Definitions |
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CHAPTER II: ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIBUNALS AND BENCHES
THEREOF |
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Establishment
of Administrative Tribunals |
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Composition
of Tribunals and Benches thereof |
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Qualifications
for appointment as Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other members |
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Vice-Chairman
to act as Chairman or to discharge his functions in certain
circumstances |
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Term
of office |
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Resignation
and removal |
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Salaries
and allowances and other terms and conditions of service
of Chairman and other Members |
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Saving
terms and conditions of service of Vice-Chairman |
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Provision
as to the holding of offices by Chairman, etc., on ceasing
to be such Chairman, etc |
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Financial
and administrative powers of the Chairman |
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Staff
of the Tribunal |
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CHAPTER III: JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY
OF TRIBUNALS |
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Jurisdiction,
powers and authority of the Central Administrative Tribunal |
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Jurisdiction,
powers and authority of State Administrative Tribunals |
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Jurisdiction,
powers and authority of a Joint Administrative Tribunal |
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Power
to punish for contempt |
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Distribution
of business amongst the Benches |
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CHAPTER IV: PROCEDURE |
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Applications
to tribunals |
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Applications
not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted |
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Limitation |
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Procedure
and powers of Tribunals |
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Right
of applicant to take assistance of legal practitioner
and of Government, etc., to appoint presenting officers |
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Conditions
as to making of interim orders |
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Power
of Chairman to transfer cases from one Bench to another |
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Decision
to be by majority |
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Execution
of orders of a Tribunal |
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CHAPTER V: MISCELLANEOUS |
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Exclusion
of jurisdiction of courts except the Supreme Court under
article 136 of the Constitution |
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Transfer
of pending cases |
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Provision
for filing of certain appeals |
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Proceedings
before a Tribunal to be judicial proceedings |
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Members
and staff of Tribunal to be public servants |
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Protection
of action taken in good faith |
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Act
to have overriding effect |
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Power
to remove difficulties |
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Power
of the Central Government to make rules |
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Power
of the appropriate Government to make rules |
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The
Power to make rules retrospectively |
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Laying
of rules |
