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.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as
follows:-
PRELIMINARY
(1) This Act may be called The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985.
(2). It extends,
(a) in so far as it relates to the Central Administrative Tribunal, to the whole
of India:
(b) in so far as it relates to the Administrative Tribunals for States, to the
whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
(3). The provisions of this Act, in so far as they relate to the Central
Administrative Tribunal, shall come into force on such date as the Central
Government may, by notification, appoint.
(4). The provisions of this Act, in so far as they relate to an Administrative
Tribunal for a State, shall come into force in a State on such date as the
Central Government may, by notification, appoint.
Section 2 : Act not to apply to certain persons
Section 3 of CAT Act 1985 - Definitions
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRIBUNALS AND BENCHES THEREOF
Section 4 of CAT Act 1985 - Establishment of Administrative Tribunal
Section 5 of CAT Act 1985 - Composition of Tribunals and Benches thereof
Section 8 of CAT Act 1985 - Term of office
Section 9 of CAT Act 1985 - Resignation and Removal
Section 10A of CAT Act 1985 - Saving terms and conditions of service of Vice-Chairman
Section 12 of CAT Act 1985 - Financial and administrative powers of the Chairman
Section 13 of CAT Act 1985 - Staff of the Tribunal
JURISDICTION, POWERS AND AUTHORITY OF TRIBUNALS
Section 15 of CAT Act 1985 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority of State Administrative Tribunals
Section 16 of CAT Act 1985 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority of a Joint Administrative Tribunal
Section 17 of CAT Act 1985 - Power to punish for contempt
Section 18 of CAT Act 1985 - Distribution of business amongst the Benches
PROCEDURE
Section 19 of CAT Act 1985 - Applications to Tribunals
Section 20 of CAT Act 1985 - Application not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted
Section 21 of CAT Act 1985 - Limitation
Section 22 of CAT Act 1985 - Procedure and powers of Tribunals
Section 24 of CAT Act 1985 - Conditions as to making of interim orders
Section 25 of CAT Act 1985 - Power of Chairman to transfer cases from one Bench to another
Section 26 of CAT Act 1985 - Decision to be by majority
Section 27 of CAT Act 1985 - Execution of orders of a Tribunal
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 28 of CAT Act 1985 - Exclusion of jurisdiction of courts except the Supreme Court
Section 29 of CAT Act 1985 - Transfer of pending cases
Section 29A of CAT Act 1985 - Provisions for filing of certain appeals
Section 30 of CAT Act 1985 - Proceedings before a Tribunal to be judicial proceedings
Section 31 of CAT Act 1985 - Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants
Section 32 of CAT Act 1985 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section 33 of CAT Act 1985 - Act to have overriding effect
Section 34 of CAT Act 1985 - Power to remove difficulties
Section 35 of CAT Act 1985 - Power of the Central Government to make rules
Section 36 of CAT Act 1985 - Power of the appropriate Government to make rules
Section 36A of CAT Act 1985 - Power to make rules retrospectively
Section 37 of CAT Act 1985 - Laying of rules
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