4th Annual Conference of CAT to be Held Tomorrow

The fourth Conference of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) will be held at New Delhi tomorrow. The main purpose of the Conference is to deliberate on certain issues concerning the Tribunal and to improve the working conditions of the institution and also to chalk out various measures to be adopted to arrest the pendency of cases. The Conference will be inaugurated by Justice Dalveer Bhandari, Judge of the Supreme Court of India. Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions would also grace the occasion. Mr. Justice J.S. Verma, former Chief Justice of India will be delivering a key-note address. Former Attorney General of India Shri Soli J. Sorabjee will deliver the 2nd Rajeev Gandhi Lecture on Administrative Law, in the afternoon session.

The Central Administrative Tribunal came into existence in November 1985 and is entrusted with the task of adjudicating complaints and other service matters pertaining to the Central Government employees as well as employees of PSUs and organizations so notified under Section 14(2) of the Act by the Government.