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....her conditions of service of members) Rules, 2017 both in respect of Chairman/Judicial Members and Administrative Members. A further direction to constitute an interim Search-cum Selection Committee during the pendency of this W.P. in respect of both Judicial/Administrative members as under : a. Chief Justice of India or his nominee - Chairman b. Chairman of the Central Administrative Tribunal - Member c. Two Secretaries nominated by the Government of India - Members 2. Appointment to the post of Chairman shall be made by nomination by the Chief Justice of India. 3. Stay the terms of office of 3 years as prescribed in Column 5 of the Schedule to the Tribunal, Appellate Tribunal and other Authorit....
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....of all the selectees as Chairman/Judicial/Administrative members shall be for a period as has been provided in the old Acts and the Rules." 3 The Court accepted the suggestions together with the modifications which were desired by the Attorney General. The operative direction reads thus: "In view of the aforesaid, we accept the suggestions and direct that the same shall be made applicable for selection of the Chairpersons and the Judicial/Administrative/Technical/Expert Members for all tribunals." 4 Since some of the Search-cum-Selection Committees (SCSC) have already proceeded with their work prior to the above order, the case was listed for further hearing on 12 February 2018. The following order was passed: "As so....
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.... (v) Whether appointments have been made. The written submissions filed by Mr Vikas Singh, Learned Senior Advocate and Mr Verma, Advocate indicate that substantial steps have taken place in the selection process for the Central Administrative Tribunal and it is desirable that appointments be made expeditiously. 7 We will now analyse the position in regard to the selections, tribunal- wise. CESTAT We have been apprised of the fact that in respect of the Central Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT), applications were received for judicial and technical members pursuant to advertisements issued under the directions of the SCSC. Interviews have been conducted and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved t....
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.... dated 9 February 2018 shall apply. NCLAT 10 As regards the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, the chart submitted by the learned Attorney General indicates that the existing selection committee has the same composition as provided for in the new rules. Advertisements inviting applications were issued and 141 applications have been received by the SCSC. We clarify that the selection process for the NCLAT shall continue and shall not be affected by the interim directions dated 9 February 2018. NCDRC 11 For the appointment of the President of the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the applications received have been forwarded to the Chief Justice of India by the Ministry for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Di....
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....ing Vacancy Whether SCSC constitute under New Rules. If yes, its composition Status of selection process Total Numbers of applications as received Interviews conducted Selection made / Final Appointment 1 Appellate Tribunal under SAFEMA Act 1 Vacancy for Member SCSC constituted for post of member. Advertised on 11.10.2017 12 applications received NA NA 2 Railway Claims Tribunal 02 Vacancies to the post of Vice Chairman - Technical 3 vacancies to the post of Technical Member Judicial Member-08 posts SCSC Constituted. VC/Tech- Proposal put up to Board for circulation of Vacancy Notice For post of Technical Member- 1^st Round meeting held on 7.02.2018 and IB clearance sought Proposal put up....
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....Composition of the Selection committee under the old rules and the SCSC under the new rules for vice chairperson, judicial member and administrative member is the same. The earlier selection committees are therefore continuing. Advertisemen t issued on 20.07.2017 (for the post of 6 Administrativ e Member); Advertisemen t issued on 08.08.2017 - for the post of 1 Judicial Member; Advertisemen t issued on 06. 11.2017 - for the post of 7 Judicial Members and 2 Administrativ e Members NA NA NA 9 National Green Tribunal Chairperson - 01 Judicial Members - 05 Expert Member- 07 Note : Apart from the above vacancies, Justice M.S. Nambiar, Judicial Member superannuat ed on 2.01.2018 and Shri S.B. Sajwan Expert Member superannuat ....