Lok Sabha Question No. 3295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-22
Subject: Vacant Posts in CAT
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3295

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2017)

## VACANT POSTS IN CAT

## 3295. SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  names  of  places  in  the  country  where  Central  Administrative  Tribunal  (CAT) branches/benches are located, State-wise;
- (b) whether a number of CAT benches are headless which has resulted in large number of pending of cases;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has taken any steps to fill up all the vacant positions in the CAT benches; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the time  by  which all  vacant positions are  likely to be filled up?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a):   Enclosed as Annexure I.

(b) & (c):   Only Jabalpur Bench of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) is without a head due  to  superannuation  of  Administrative  Member  on  19.10.2016.    The  post  of  Judicial Member had fallen vacant from 23.04.2014.

Wherever,  there  is  a  vacancy,  Hon'ble  Chairman,  CAT  has  been  deputing  Hon'ble Members to those benches for a period of one or two weeks, from other benches.  During the last  three  years  (2014-2016),  80915  cases  were  instituted  in  all  the  benches  of  CAT  and 73084 cases has been disposed.  Hence, the percentage disposal rate is 90.32%.

- (d)  &  (e):      The  Government  has  taken  necessary  action  for  selection  of  Members  for appointment at various benches of CAT. The process of filling up the vacancies pertaining to the year 2016 is on. As the selection of candidates for appointment as Members in CAT is done through a well laid down process, which takes time, it may not be possible to prescribe a fixed time limit.

As  regards  vacancies  pertaining  to  the  year  2017,  vacancies  circulars  have  been posted in DoPT website and also published in leading news papers on 16/02/2017.  The last date for receipt of applications is 03/04/2017.

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## Annexure I

The  Name  of  places  in  the  country  where  Central  Administrative  Tribunal  (CAT) branches are located State-Wise.

|   Sl. No. | Name of the Bench   | State            | Circuit Sitting               |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|
|         1 | Principal Bench     | Delhi            | ----                          |
|         2 | Ahmedabad           | Gujarat          | -----                         |
|         3 | Allahabad           | Uttar Pardesh    | Nainital (U.K.)               |
|         4 | Bangaluru           | Karnataka        | -----                         |
|         5 | Chennai             | Tamil Nadu       | Pondicherry (UT) Pondicherry  |
|         6 | Chandigarh          | Punjab & Haryana | Shimla (Himachal Pardesh)     |
|         6 | Chandigarh          |                  | Jammu (J&K)                   |
|         6 | Chandigarh          |                  | Srinagar(J&K)                 |
|         7 | Cuttack             | Orissa           | -----                         |
|         8 | Ernakulam           | Kerala           | Kavrati (Lakshadweep)         |
|         9 | Guwahati            | Assam            | Agartala(Tripura)             |
|         9 | Guwahati            |                  | Imphal(Manipur)               |
|         9 | Guwahati            |                  | Shillong (Meghalaya)          |
|         9 | Guwahati            |                  | Aizowl (Mizoram)              |
|         9 | Guwahati            |                  | Kohima (Nagaland)             |
|         9 | Guwahati            |                  | Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh)  |
|        10 | Hyderabad           | Andhra Pradesh   | ---                           |
|        11 | Jabalpur            | Madhya Pradesh   | Indore (M.P.)                 |
|        11 | Jabalpur            |                  | Gwalior(M.P.)                 |
|        11 | Jabalpur            |                  | Bilaspur (Chattisgarh)        |
|        12 | Jaipur              | Rajasthan        | ---                           |
|        13 | Jodhpur             | Rajasthan        | ----                          |
|        14 | Kolkata             | West Bengal      | Port Blair (Andaman& Nicobar) |
|        14 | Kolkata             |                  | Gangtok( Sikkim)              |
|        15 | Lucknow             | Uttar Pradesh    | ----                          |
|        16 | Mumbai              | Maharashtra      | Aurangabad (Maharashtra)      |
|        16 | Mumbai              |                  | Nagpur (Maharashtra)          |
|        16 | Mumbai              |                  | Panaji ( Goa)                 |
|        17 | Patna               | Bihar            | Ranchi (Jharkhand)            |

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