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Abolishing CAT

Sir, — The Government's decision to abolish the Central and State Administrative Tribunals is unfortunate. The proposal is stated to be due to appeals being filed against the Tribunals' verdicts before the High Courts and the Supreme Court, when the fact remains that most of the so-called appeals are filed by the Government only. During the last 15 years of their existence, the tribunals have been meting out fair, cheap and quick justice to Government servants who are victims of administrative vagaries, injustice and arbitrariness.

Before deciding on abolishing the Tribunals, which dispose of lakhs of cases every year, the Government should invoke the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court for remedial measures, rather than driving poor government servants to the High Courts.

S.V. Srinivasan,
Chennai

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