The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), which adjudicates recruitment and service related cases, is functioning at half its sanctioned strength, as 31 of the 66 sanctioned posts of members are lying vacant. This, a parliamentary standing committee said, is leading to mounting backlog of cases. “The committee is constrained to observe that even after 30 years of its establishment, CAT lacks human as well as physical infrastructure. The tribunal responded that as on December 31, 2017, it had a backlog of 47,270 cases. It pointed out that despite allocation of funds, CAT was not carrying out construction at these sites.

Source: The Hindu January 06, 2019 15:11 UTC