State Administrative Tribunal
Topic: Justice Delivery: Subordinate Courts, Tribunals, Legal Aid and Judicial Reforms · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
A State Administrative Tribunal hears service disputes of a state's government employees, such as disputes about recruitment, promotion or pay. It is set up under the Administrative Tribunals Act 1985, which Parliament made under Article 323A. The Centre sets it up only when the state asks for one. Several of these tribunals have since been abolished.
Example
A state government clerk who was passed over for promotion can file a case before that state's administrative tribunal, if the state has one. After L. Chandra Kumar (1997), the tribunal's order can be challenged before a High Court division bench.
Don't confuse with
- Central Administrative Tribunal: set up in 1985 for central government employees, with its principal bench in New Delhi. A State Administrative Tribunal deals with state employees.
Related concepts
- Administrative tribunal
- Tribunals under Article 323B
- Central Administrative Tribunal
- S.P. Sampath Kumar case
- L. Chandra Kumar case