1992 (8) TMI 313

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....erma, Advs For the Respondent : Anis Suhrawardy, Adv. ORDER L.M. SHARMA, J. 1. The question which falls for decision in these petitions is whether the Central Administrative Tribunal is vested with the jurisdiction to entertain and decide the claim of the respondents as against the petitioners Union of India and its officers in the Railway Department and consequently the High Court has....

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.... all courts except the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 136 with respect to the dispute and complaints referred to in Clause (1) and accordingly by Section 14 of the Act, all the jurisdiction, powers and authority exercisable by all courts except the Supreme Court have been vested in the Central Administrative Tribunal. The question, therefore, is whether the Central Administrative Tribuna....

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....onship of master and servant ceased to exist, and they, therefore, are not covered by the Act. The respondents, in the circumstances, rightly knocked the doors of the High Court. We do not find any merit in this stand taken on behalf of the respondents. 4. The respondents, on the one hand are relying upon their service under the Union of India, of course casual in nature, for a claim that they ....

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.... to suggest that the provisions dealing with the jurisdiction of the Tribunal should receive a narrow interpretation. This is also supported by the clarification offered by the then Minister for Law, who was piloting the Bill, while replying to the demand for the further enumeration of the conditions of service in Sections 14 and 15. He stated that (as recorded in the proceedings for 9th to 11th N....