1990 (1) TMI 306

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....is whether the Administrative Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal could alone decide the case in the face of this Court's decision in S.P. Sampath Kumar and Ors. v. Union of India 1987(1) SCC 125. In that case this Court pointed out in paragraph 5 of the judgment as under: It is necessary to bear in mind that service matters which are removed from the jurisdiction of the High Court ....

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....t every bench of the Administrative Tribunal should consist of the judicial member and one administrative member and there should be no preponderance of administrative members on any bench. Of course, the presence of the administrative member would provide input of practical experience in the functioning of the services and add to the efficiency of the Administrative Tribunal but the legal input w....

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....urisdiction of this Court under Article 136 of the Constitution. The Parliament then enacted the Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985, providing for the adjudication of such disputes and complaints through the Tribunals established under Section 4 of the Said Act. Section 5(1) sets out the Constitution of the Tribunal and adds that 'the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Tribunal may be ex....