Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985

The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985

प्रशासनिक अधिकरण अधिनियम, 1985

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Act ID:	198513
Act Number:	13
Enactment Date:	1985-02-27
Act Year:	1985
Short Title:	The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
Hindi Title:	प्रशासनिक अधिकरण अधिनियम, 1985
Long Title:	An Act to provide for the adjudication or trial by Administrative Tribunals of disputes and complaints with respect to recruitment and conditions of service of persons appointed to public services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union or of any State or of any local or other authority within the territory of India or under the control of the Government of India or of any corporation or society owned or controlled by the Government in pursuance of article 323A of the Constitution and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Ministry:	Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department:	Department of Personnel and Training
Enforcement Date:	01-07-1985
Notification:	1st July, 1985, vide notification No. G.S.R. 527(E), dated by 1st July, 1985, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(i).

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CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

CHAPTER II

ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIBUNALS AND BENCHES THEREOF

CHAPTER III

JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF TRIBUNALS

CHAPTER IV

PROCEDURE

CHAPTER V

MISCELLANEOUS


Section 1. Short title, extent and commencement. Show Related Subordinates
Section 2. Act not to apply to certain persons. Show Related Subordinates
Section 3. Definitions. Show Related Subordinates
Section 4. Establishment of Administrative Tribunals. Show Related Subordinates
Section 5. Composition of Tribunals and Benches thereof. Show Related Subordinates
Section 6. Qualifications for appointment as Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other Members.
Section 7. Vice-Chairman to act as Chairman or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances. Show Related Subordinates
Section 8. Term of office.
Section 9. Resignation and removal. Show Related Subordinates
Section 10. Salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairman, and other Members.
Section 10A. Saving terms and conditions of service of Vice-Chairman.
Section 10B. Qualifications, terms and conditions of service of Chairman and Member.
Section 11. Provision as to the holding of offices by Chairman, etc., on ceasing to be such Chairman, etc.
Section 12. Financial and administrative powers of the Chairman. Show Related Subordinates
Section 13. Staff of the Tribunal. Show Related Subordinates
Section 14. Jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Central Administrative Tribunal. Show Related Subordinates
Section 15. Jurisdiction, powers and authority of State Administrative Tribunals.
Section 16. Jurisdiction, powers and authority of a Joint Administrative Tribunal.
Section 17. Power to punish for contempt.
Section 18. Distribution of business amongst the Benches. Show Related Subordinates
Section 19. Applications to tribunals.
Section 20. Applications not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted.
Section 21. Limitation.
Section 22. Procedure and powers of Tribunals.
Section 23. Right of applicant to take assistance of legal practitioner and of Government, etc., to appoint presenting officers.
Section 24. Conditions as to making of interim orders.
Section 25. Power of Chairman to transfer cases from one Bench to another.
Section 26. Decision to be by majority.
Section 27. Execution of orders of a Tribunal.
Section 28. Exclusion of jurisdiction of courts except the Supreme Court under article 136 of the Constitution.
Section 29. Transfer of pending cases.
Section 29A. Provision for filing of certain appeals.
Section 30. Proceedings before a Tribunal to be judicial proceedings.
Section 31. Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants.
Section 32. Protection of action taken in good faith.
Section 33. Act to have overriding effect.
Section 34. Power to remove difficulties.
Section 35. Power of the Central Government to make rules. Show Related Subordinates
Section 36. Power of the appropriate Government to make rules. Show Related Subordinates
Section 36A. Power to make rules retrospectively. Show Related Subordinates
Section 37. Laying of rules.

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
10-08-1985	Central Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Rules, 1985
20-11-1985	The CAT(Financial and Administrative Powers) Rules, 1985
04-07-1986	The Odisha Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1986
04-07-1986	Orissa AT(conditions of service of Chairman and Vice-Chairman and Members) Rules 1986
22-08-1986	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman and Member;) Rules, 1986
22-08-1986	HPAT(Procedure) Rules 1986
17-09-1986	Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Rules, 1986
03-10-1986	Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1986
21-10-1986	Maharashta Administrative tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Rules, 1986.
06-01-1987	CAT (Procedure) Rules, 1987
15-01-1987	The CAT (Financial and Administrative Powers) Amendment Rules, 1987
06-01-1988	Central Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1988
04-02-1988	Central Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Second Amendment Rules, 1988
01-03-1988	CAT(Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Third Amendment Rules, 1988
22-04-1988	The Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1988
29-06-1988	Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (Procedure rules, 1988
29-06-1988	Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Rules, 1988
11-10-1988	The CAT (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 1988
31-03-1989	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1989
20-04-1989	Central Administrative Tribunal, Stenographers Service(Group 'B' and 'C' posts) Recruitment Rules 1989
26-10-1989	Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and conditions of service....) Rules, 1989
26-10-1989	Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1989
20-03-1990	Central Administrative Tribunal (Accounts Personnel posts) Recruitment Rules, 1990.
26-02-1991	CAT (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 1991
04-09-1991	CAT (Procedure) Second Amendment Rules, 1991
30-01-1992	Maharashtra Administrative T ribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chirman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1992,
30-01-1992	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1992
18-03-1992	Central Administrative Tribunal, Stenographer Service (Group B and C) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 1992
19-08-1992	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of service of Chairman and Members) (Amendment) Rules, 1992.
01-02-1993	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1993
31-01-1994	Himachal Pradesh/ Andhra Pradesh/ Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowance and Conditions of Service of Chairman. Vice~Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1994.
01-03-1994	Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service......) Amendment Rules, 1994
07-07-1994	CAT (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 1994
18-10-1994	CAT (Procedure) Second Amendment Rules, 1994
25-10-1994	Central Administrative Tribunal, Stenographer Service (Group B and C) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 1994
21-12-1994	West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 1994
20-01-1995	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 1995
22-01-1996	CAT (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 1996
31-07-1996	Central Administrative Tribunal (Principal Private Secretary) Recruitment Rules, 1996
25-06-1997	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman and Members) Rules, 1997
27-08-1998	Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service of Chairman,....) Amendment rules, 1998.
31-12-1998	Central Administrative Tribunal, Stenographpers Service (Group 'B' and 'C Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 1998,
07-02-2000	AT (Procedure for investigation of misbehavior or incapacity of Chairmen, Vice-Chairmen and other Members) Rules, 2000
14-03-2000	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 2000
05-07-2000	West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service...) Rules, 1994, namely
31-10-2000	Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service of chairman....) Amendment Rules, 2000.
24-11-2000	Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service......) Amendment Rules, 2000.
22-03-2001	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service of Chairman, Vice Chairman..) Amendment Rules, 2001
27-04-2001	Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (Salries and allowances and conditions of service of Chairman, Vice Chairman and members) Amendment Rules, 2001
31-12-2001	Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service of chairman, vice-Chairman....) second Amendment Rules, 2001
26-03-2002	Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and conditions of service of Chairman.....)Amendment Rules, 2002
09-07-2002	Madhya Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 2002
19-02-2007	AT (Amendment) Act, 2006
03-08-2007	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2007
18-10-2007	Maharashtra/ Orissa/ Karnataka/ Andhra Pradesh/ West Bengal/ Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2007
06-02-2008	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of service of Chairman and Members) (Amendment) Rules, 2008.
28-04-2009	Central Administrative Tribunal (Group A Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2009
22-07-2009	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009
09-12-2009	Andhra Pradesh/ Himachal Pradesh/ Karnataka/ Madhya Pradesh/ Maharashtra/ Orissa/ Tamil Nadu/ West Bengal Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009
09-12-2009	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Second Amendment Rules, 2009
29-03-2010	Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and allowances and Conditions of Service...) amendment Rules, 2010
14-09-2010	The Kerala Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules 2010
12-10-2010	CAT (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2010
30-12-2011	Administrative Tribunal (Procedure for appointment of Members) Rules, 2011
31-12-2012	CAT (Group A Posts) Recruitment(Amendment) Rules, 2012.
01-01-2013	AT (Procedure for investigation of misbehavior or incapacity of Chairmen & Other Members) Amendment Rules, 2013
24-10-2013	Central Civil Service(Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1965
24-02-2014	CAT (Senior PPS) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013
24-02-2014	CAT Stenographers Service (Group B and C Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013
24-02-2014	CAT (PPS) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013
21-03-2014	The Administrative Tribunal (Procedure for appointment of Members) Amendment Rules, 2014
16-04-2014	CAT (Group A and Group B Library Posts) Recruitment Rules 2014
27-10-2014	West Bengal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2014
27-10-2014	Andhra Pradesh Administrative (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2014
27-10-2014	Odisha Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2014
27-10-2014	Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal(Procedure) Amendment rules, 2014
27-10-2014	Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2014
27-10-2014	CAT (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2014
30-04-2015	Central Administrative Tribunal (Group C Posts) Recruitment Rules, 2015
30-04-2015	CAT Group B & Group C Miscellaneous Posts RRs 2015
26-05-2015	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Rules, 2015
08-07-2015	CAT (salaries, allowances and conditions of service of the officers and employees) Rules, 2015
09-06-2016	Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Amendment Rules 2015
17-08-2017	CAT (Salaries, allowances and conditions of service of the officers and employees) Rules, 2017 (Dated 17/08/2017)
13-10-2017	CAT (Group B and C Miscellaneous Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2017
14-11-2017	CAT (Salaries, allowances and conditions of service of the officers and employees) Rules, 2017 (Dated 14/11/2017)
30-08-2018	Central Administrative Tribunal (Salaries and Allowances and Conditions of Service of Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Members) Amendment Rules, 2018
30-08-2018	CAT (Conditions of Service of Chairman.......)Amendment rules, 2018.
18-09-2018	CAT Stenographers Service (Group B and C Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2018
05-06-2020	The Central Administrative Tribunal (Salaries, allowances and conditions of service of the officers and employees) Amendment Rules, 2020
15-03-2021	The Kerala Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2021
29-07-2021	the Central Administrative Tribunal (Group ‗A‘ and Group 'B' Library Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2021
29-07-2021	the Central Administrative Tribunal (Group 'B‘ and Group 'C‘ Miscellaneous Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2021
21-09-2021	The Central Administrative Tribunal (Group A and B Hindi Posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2021.

Year	Description	Hindi Description	Files(Eng)	Files(Hindi)
31-12-1985	Notification regarding applicability of AT Act 1985 to Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka ,Kerala , Maharashtra , Madhya Pradesh and Orissa SATs
02-05-1986	Notification dated 2nd May, 1986 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
04-07-1986	Establishment of Orissa Administrative Tribunal in 1986
26-08-1986	Abolishes the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal with effect from the 1st day of September, 1986 which shall be appointed day within the meaning of clause (c) of section 3 of the Act.
03-10-1986	Setting up of Karnataka Administrative Tribunal under Section 4(2) of the AT Act, 1985
31-10-1986	Notification dated 31 October 1986 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
06-02-1987	Central Social Welfare Board under the jurisdiction of CAT
20-04-1987	Bringing the Indian Council of Agricultural Research under the purview of CAT
03-08-1989	Notification regarding applicability of AT Act to Arunachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal
26-10-1989	Setting up of Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal under the Section 4(2) of AT Act, 1985
22-10-1991	Notification regarding applicability of AT Act to Bihar Administrative Tribunal
11-07-1995	Bringing Sports Authority of India under the purview of CAT
17-12-1998	Notification dated 17 December 1998 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
22-04-1999	Extraordinary Part 11, Section 3, Sub-section (i) on 31st December, 1998, at the bottom after the words Budh Prakash, Director (A T),
12-12-2000	Published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, sub-section (i) on the 31 October, 2000, in para 2 after the word Andhra the word Pradesh shall be inserted.
04-01-2002	Notification dated 04 January 2002 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
17-04-2003	Abolition of Madhya Pradesh SAT
19-08-2005	Authorizes Justice Shri B. Panigrahi, Vice-Chairman, CAT, Kolkata Bench to act Chairman, CAT
17-02-2006	Abolition of Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal
18-01-2007	Authorization of Shri Justice P. Shanmugan, Vice-Chairman as acting Chairman in CAT
19-02-2007	Administrative Tribunals(Amendment) Act, 2006
25-07-2007	Notification dated 25 July 2007 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
25-10-2007	Notification dated 25 October 2007 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
12-04-2008	Notification dated 12 April 2008 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
08-07-2008	Abolition of Himachal Pradesh SAT in 2008
31-10-2008	Notification dated 31 December 2008 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
01-12-2008	Notification dated 01 December 2008 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
22-12-2009	Kerala Administrative Tribunal
31-03-2010	Notification dated 31 December regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
25-08-2010	Setting up of Kerala Administrative Tribunal under Section 4(2) of the AT Act, 1985
04-10-2010	Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) Puducherry
18-05-2012	Authorises Justice Shri Alok Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, CAT, Lucknow Bench
12-04-2013	Bringing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers under the purview of CAT
15-08-2013	Notification regarding applicability of AT Act to Haryana Administrative Tribunal
27-08-2013	Bringing the National Project Construction Corporation Limited under purview of CAT
09-05-2014	Bringing Sree Chitra Institute for Medical Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram under the purview of CAT
23-09-2014	Notification under sub-section (1) of section 18 of the AT Act, 1985 specifying jurisdiction of Benches of CAT
27-10-2014	Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (Procedure) Amendment rules, 2014
29-12-2014	Setting up of Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal under Section 4(2) of AT Act, 1985
17-11-2015	Bringing Khadi and Village Industries Commission under the purview of CAT
22-06-2017	Notification dated 22 June 2017 regarding extension of jurisdiction of CAT
18-06-2018	Appointment of Shri Dinesh Gupta, Judicial Member, Central Administrative Tribunal as Chairman (CAT), 06.04.18
24-07-2019	Setting up of Haryana Administrative Tribunal under Section 4(2) of AT Act, 1985
26-07-2019	Abolition of Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal
02-08-2019	Abolition of Odisha Administrative Tribunal
14-01-2020	Abolition of Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal
27-02-2020	Deleting the phrase in the Notification dated 14.01.2020 regarding abolition of APAT
29-04-2020	Amending jurisdiction of CAT, as far related to UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and the Ladakh
28-05-2020	Establishment of Bench of CAT at Jammu and Srinagar for the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh and the other notification about amending the jurisdiction of CAT, as far as related to the Bench of Jammu.
17-11-2021	Notification for defining of jurisdiction of a Bench of CAT at Srinagar
08-06-2022	Notification for bringing Indian Maritime University (IMU) under the Jurisdiction of CAT