Act Info:Preamble - ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS ACT, 1985
Chapter 1
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Act not to apply to certain persons
Section3 - Definitions
Chapter 2
Section4 - Establishment of Administrative Tribunals
Section5 - Composition of Tribunals and Benches thereof
Section6 - Qualification for appointment as Chairman, Vice- Chairman and other members
Section7 - Vice-Chairman to act as Chairman or to discharge his functions in certain circumstances
Section8 - Term of office
Section9 - Resignation and removal
Section10 - Salaries and allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairman, Vice-Chairman and other Members
Section10 A - Saving terms and conditions of service of Vice-Chairman
Section11 - Provision as to the holding of offices by Chairman, etc., on ceasing to be such Chairman, etc.
Section12 - Financial and administrative powers of the Chairman
Section13 - Staff of the Tribunal
Chapter 3
Section14 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Central Administrative Tribunal
Section15 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority of State Administrative Tribunals
Section16 - Jurisdiction, powers and authority of a Joint Administrative Tribunal
Section17 - Power to punish for contempt
Section18 - Distribution of business amongst the Benches
Chapter 4
Section19 - Applications to Tribunals
Section20 - Applications not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted
Section21 - Limitation
Section22 - Procedure and powers of Tribunals
Section23 - Right of applicant to take assistance of legal practitioner and of Government, etc., to appoint presenting officers
Section24 - Conditions as to making of interim orders
Section25 - Power of Chairman to transfer cases from one Bench to another
Section26 - Decision to be by majority
Section27 - Execution of orders of a Tribunal
Chapter 5
Section28 - Exclusion of jurisdiction of courts except the Supreme Court
Section29 - Transfer of pending cases
Section29A - Provisions for filing of certain appeals
Section30 - Proceedings before a Tribunal to be judicial proceedings
Section31 - Members and staff of Tribunal to be public servants
Section32 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section33 - Act to have overriding effect
Section34 - Power to remove difficulties
Section35 - Power of the Central Government to make rules
Section36 - Power of the appropriate Government to make rules
Section36A - Power to make rules retrospectively
Section37 - Laying of rules
Amending Act1 - ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006