CAT jurisdiction explained in brief, to help in finding out the jurisdiction of the CAT in case of any service dispute of central government employees. The jurisdiction aspect of CAT has been dealt with in Appendix VI in terms of Rule 154 (b) of the Central Administrative Tribunal Act, 1986.
Central Administrative Tribunal was created for the adjudication of the service disputes of central government employees which includes recruitment to any All-India Service or to any civil service of the Union or a civil post under the Union or to a post connected with defence or in the defence services, being, in either case, a post filled by a civilian.
CAT jurisdiction also lies in the service matter concerning the following:
a member of any All-India Service; or
a person [not being a member of an All-India Service or a person appointed to any civil service of the Union or any civil post under the Union; or
a civilian appointed to any defence services or a post connected with
defence, and pertaining to the service of such member, person or civilian, in connection with the affairs of the Union or of any State or of any local or other authority within the territory of India or under the control of the Government of India or of any corporation [or society] owned or controlled by the Government.
In practice, CAT Jurisdiction is determined on the basis of the arising of the cause of action of the dispute which may be the place of posting of the employee or the place from where the impugned orders are issued. The Chairman has authority to transfer any case from one bench to other on the grounds to be satisfied by him.
We have given hereunder the list of the services covered under CAT jurisdiction which will give a fair idea about the CAT jurisdiction in adjudicating and determining the service disputes.
DEPARTMENT-WISE LIST OF CAT JURISDICTION
(A) ALL INDIA SERVICES:
- Indian Administrative Service
- Indian Police Service
- Indian Forest Service
- Indian Foreign Service
(B) ALL OTHER SERVICES REGULATED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE RULES:
- M/o Agriculture
- M/o Chemicals & Fertilisers
- M/o Civil Aviation and Tourism
- M/o Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution
- M/o Coal
- M/o Commerce
- M/o Communications
- M/o Defence
- M/o Environment and Forests
- M/o External Affairs
- M/o Finance
- M/o Food
- M/o Food Processing Industries
- M/o Health and Family Welfare
- M/o Home Affairs
- M/o Human Resource Development
- M/o Industry
- M/o Information and Broadcasting
- M/o Labour
- M/o Law and Justice and Company Affairs
- M/o Mines
- M/o Non-Conventional Energy
- M/o Parliamentary Affairs
- M/o Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
- M/o Petroleum and Natural Gas
- M/o Planning and Programme Implementation
- M/o Power
- M/o Railways
- M/o Rural Development
- M/o Science and Technology
- M/o Steel
- M/o Surface Transport
- M/o Textiles
- M/o Urban Development
- M/o Water Resources
- M/o Welfare
- D/o Atomic Energy
- D/o Electronics
- D/o Ocean Development
- D/o Space
- Cabinet Secretariat
- President’s Secretariat
- Prime Minister’s Office
- Planning Commission
- Government of India Press
- Staff Selection Commission
(C) OTHER SERVICES COVERED BY CENTRAL CIVIL SERVICES RULES, C.& A.G., PUBLIC SECTOR, AUTONOMOUS BODIES UNDER CAT JURISDICTION:
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Controller General of Accounts
- Chief Election Commissioner
- Planning Commission
- Union Public Service Commission
- U.T. of Andaman & Nicobar Island
- U.T. of Chandigarh
- U.T. of Dadra & Nagar Haveli
- U.T. of Daman & Diu
- U.T. of Delhi
- U.T. of Lakshadweep
- U.T. of Pondicherry
- Central Board of Trustees/Central Provident & Fund Commissioner
- Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
- Central Board of Workers Education
- National Labour Institute
- National Council of Safety in Mines, Dhanbad
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Central Social Welfare Board
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
(D) LIST OF CORPORATIONS/ SOCIETIES/OTHER AUTHORITIES WITHIN CAT JURISDICTION:
- Central Board of Trustees Constituted under the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
- Employees’ State Insurance Corporation
- Central Board for Workers’ Education
- National Labour Institute
- National Council of Safety in Mines, Dhanbad
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
- Central Social Welfare Board
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- Sports Authority of India
- National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition Library Avenue, Pusa, New Delhi.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Mumbai.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Chennai.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Kolkata.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Goa.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bangalore.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition, Lucknow.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Hyderabad.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering and Nutrition, Ahmedabad.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bhubaneswar.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Jaipur.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Bhopal.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Srinagar.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Guwahati.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Gwalior.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Thiruvananthapuram.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Chandigarh.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Gurdaspur.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Shimla.
- Institute of Hotel Management Catering Technology and Applied Nutrition, Patna.
- National Power Training Institute, Faridabad (Haryana).
- Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi
- Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, New Delhi
- Navodya Vidyalaya Samiti, New Delhi
- Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi
- Film and Television Institution of India, Law College Road, Pune.
- Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.
- National Council of Educational Research and Training, M/o Human Resource Development
- University Grants Commission, M/o Human Resource Development
- Central Tibetan Schools Administration and Central School for Tibetans, M/o Human Resource Development.
- Indian Institute of Astrophysics, D/o Science and Technology
- Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, M/o Environment and Forests
- Indian Institute of Forest Management, M/o Environment and Forests
- Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute, M/o Environment and Forests
- National Institute of Biologicals, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology, M/o Rural Development
- National Institute of Rural Development
- National Rural Roads Development Agency, M/o Rural Development
- National Highway Authority of India, M/o Shipping, Road Transport and National High Ways
- International Institute for Population Sciences, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Dental Council of India, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New3 Delhi M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Hindustan Latex Ltd, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Consultancy Development Centre, M/o Science and Industrial Technology
- Delhi Development Authority, M/o Urban Development
- National Horticulture Board, M/o Agriculture
- National Cooperative Development Corporation, M/o Agriculture
- Small Farmers Agriculture Business Consortium, M/o Agriculture
- National Institute for Agricultural Extension and Management, M/o Agriculture
- Coconut Development Board, M/o Agriculture
- Income Tax Appellate Tribunals, M/o Law and Justice
- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, M/o Communications and Information Technology
- National Institute of Health and Family Welfare
- All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
- Pasteur Institutes of India, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong
- Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology, M/o Chemicals and Fertilizers
- North Eastern Handicrafts and Handlooms Development Corp.Ltd.(NEHHDC), M/o Development of North Eastern Region.
- North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corp. Ltd. (NERAMAC), M/o Development of North Eastern Region.
- Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority(PERDA), M/o Finance, D/o Economic Affairs.
- National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), M/o Finance, D/o Revenue
- Indo German Tool Rooms, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Central Tool Room, Ludhiana, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Central Tool Room and Training Centre, Bhubaneswar, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Central Tool Room and Training Centre, Kolkata, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Tool Room and Training Centre, Guwahati, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Indo Danish Tool Room, Jamshedpur, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Central Institute of Hand Tools, Jalandhar, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Process-cum-Product Development Centres, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Electronics Service and Training Centre, Ramnagar, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments, Mumbai, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Central Institute of Tool Design, Hyderabad, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre, Kannauj, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Central Footwear Training Institutes, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Centre for the improvement of Glass Industry, Firozabad, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- The National Small Industries Corporation Ltd., M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- National Institute for Entrepreneurship and small Business Development, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise.
- National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
- Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship, M/o Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- Indian Council of World Affairs, M/o External Affairs
- Central Agricultural University, Imphal, M/o Agriculture, D/o Agricultural Research and Education.
- National Institute of Hydrology, M/o Water Resources
- National Water Development Agency, M/o Water Resources
- Narmada Control Authority, M/o Water Resources
- Brahamaputra Board, M/o Water Resources
- National Remote Sensing Agency, Deptt. of Space
- North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC), Deptt. of Space
- Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Deptt. of Space
- National Atomospheric Research Laboratory (NAR), Deptt. of Space
- Semi-Conductor Laboratory (SCL), Deptt. of Space
- Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IISST)
- Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Central Council of Indian Medicine, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Central Council of Homeopathy, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New Delhi, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- National Institute of Unani Medicine, Bangalore, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- National Institute of Homeopathy, Kolkata, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- National Institute of Siddha, Chennai, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udaan Academy, Rae Bareli, M/o Civil Aviation
- National Institute of Fashion Technology, M/o Textiles
- Central Wool Development Board, M/o Textiles
- National Centre for Jute Diversification (NCJD), M/o Textiles
- Central Silk Board, M/o Textiles
- Office of Commissioner of Payments, New Delhi, M/o Textiles
- Textiles Committee, M/o Textiles
- Jute Manufacturers Development Council, M/o Textiles
- National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, M/o Commerce and Industry
- National Council for Cement and Building Materials, Ballabhgarh.
- Indian Rubber Manufacturers Research Association, Thane, M/o Commerce and Industry
- Central Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Saharanpur, M/o Commerce and Industry
- National Productivity Council, New Delhi, M/o Commerce and Industry
- Quality Council of India, M/o Commerce and Industry
- National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development, M/o Women and Child and Development
- Central Adoption Resource Authority, M/o Women and Child and Development
- Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), M/o External Affairs
- Indian Institute of Mass Communication, M/o Information and Broadcasting
- Press Council of India, M/o Information and Broadcasting
- Children’s Film Society of India, M/o Information and Broadcasting
- National Institute of Financial Management, M/o Information and Broadcasting
- National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, M/o Earth Sciences
- National Institute of Ocean Technology, M/o Earth Sciences
- National Institute of Tropical Meteorology, M/o Earth Sciences
- Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, M/o Earth Sciences
- The National Oilseeds and Vegetable Oils Development Board, M/o Agriculture, Deptt. of Agricultural and Cooperation
- Delhi Urban Art Commission, M/o Urban Development
- National Institute of Urban Affairs, M/o Urban Development
- National Capital Region Planning Board, M/o Urban Development
- Rajghat Samadhi Committee, M/o Urban Development
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Institute of Pesticides Formulation Technology, M/o Chemicals and Fertilizers
- National Minorities Development and Finance Corp., New Delhi, M/o Minorities Affairs
- Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKSO), M/o Youth Affairs and Sports
- Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education, Gwalior, M/o Youth Affairs and Sports
- Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, M/o Communications and Information Technology
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, M/o Communications and Information Technology
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Tungabhadra Steel Products Ltd., M/o Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
- Sponge Iron India Limited, M/o Steel
- Housing and Urban Development Corporation, M/o Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Hindustan Prefab Ltd., M/o Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation
- Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, M/o Youth Affairs and Sports
- National Power Training Institute, M/o Power
- Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited, M/o Chemicals and Fertilizers
- National Building Construction Corporation, M/o Urban Development
- Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, Govt. of NCTD
- Indian Tourism Development Corporation and its subsidiaries, M/o Tourism
- Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd., M/o Railways
- Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation Ltd., M/o Railways
- Kudremukh Iron Ore Company, M/o Steel
- Bharat Heavy Plates and Vesels Limited, Deptt. of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises
- Bharat Pumps and Compressors Limited, Deptt. of Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises
- Minerals Explorations Corporation Ltd., M/o Mines
- Hindustan Copper Limited, M/o Mines
- National Aluminium Company Limited, M/o Mines
- Jawaharlal Aluminium Research Development and design centre, M/o Mines
- National Institute of Rock Mechanics, M/o Mines
- National Institute of Miners Health, M/o Mines
- Rail India Technical and Economic Services Limited (RITES), M/o Railways
- Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Govt. of NCTD
- New Delhi Municipal Council, Govt. of NCTD
- Delhi Jal Board, Govt. of NCTD
- Delhi Wakf Board, Govt. of NCTD
- Delhi Transport Corporation, Govt. of NCTD
- Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited, Govt. of NCTD
- Delhi Cooprative Housing Finance Corporation, Govt. of NCTD
- Prasar Bharati, M/o Information and Broadcasting
- Central Board of Secondary Education, M/o Human Resources Development
- All India Board of Secondary Education, M/o Human Resource Development
- All India Council of Technical Education, M/o Human Resource Development
- National Board of Examination (NBE), M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) M/o Health and Family Welfare
- Medical Council of India, M/o Health and Family Welfare
- National Human Rights Commission, Autonomous statutory organization under the Ministry of Home Affairs
- Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Scientific Society under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Scientific Society under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Department of Electronics Accredited Computer Courses Society (DOEACC), Autonomous Scientific Society, under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Registered Society under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering & Research (SAMEER), Autonomous Scientific Society under the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Culture
- Lalit Kala Akademi, Autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture
- Salar Jung Museum, Statutory Body under the Museum Act, under the Ministry of Culture
- Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Company registered under Companies Act, 1956 under the Ministry of Steel
- State Council of Educational Research & Training, Autonomous Organisation under the Govt. of National Capital Territory, Delhi
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) Puducherry, Autonomous Body/organisation under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
- India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), Registered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).
- Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, Autonomous body under the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation).
- National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC), M/o Water Resources.
- Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences, and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram
- Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) Ministry of Personal Public Grievances and Pensions, (Department of Personal & Training’s)
- All India Institute of Medical Science, Bhopal Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- All India Institute of Medical Science, Bhubaneswar Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- All India Institute of Medical Science, Jodhpur Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- All India Institute of Medical Science, Patna Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- All India Institute of Medical Science, Raipur Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
- All India Institute of Medical Science, Rishikesh Autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
Jurisdiction of the Benches of CAT
- Principal Bench (New Delhi) National Capital Territory of Delhi.
- Ahmedabad Bench State of Gujarat
- Allahabad Bench (i) State of Uttar Pradesh excluding the Districts mentioned against Serial Number 4 under the Jurisdiction of Lucknow Bench
(ii) State of Uttaranchal - Lucknow Bench Districts of Lucknow, Hardoi, Kheri, Rai Bareli, Sitapur, Unnao, Faizabad, Ambedkar Nagar, Baharaich, Shravasti, Barabanki, Gonda, Balrampur,
Pratapgarh, Sultanpur in the State of Uttar Pradesh. - Bangalore Bench State of Karnataka.
- Calcutta Bench (i) State of Sikkim
(ii) State of West Bengal
(iii) Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. - Chandigarh Bench (i) State of Jammu and Kashmir
(ii) State of Haryana
(iii) State of Himachal Pradesh
(iv) State of Punjab
(v) Union Territory of Chandigarh. - Cuttack Bench State of Orissa.
- Ernakulam Bench (i) State of Kerala
(ii) Union Territory of Lakshadweep. - Guwahati Bench (i) State of Assam
(ii) State of Manipur
(iii) State of Meghalaya
(iv) State of Nagaland
(v) State of Tripura
(vi) State of Arunachal Pradesh
(vii) State of Mizoram. - Hyderabad Bench State of Andhra Pradesh.
- Jabalpur Bench (i) State of Madhya Pradesh.
(ii) State of Chhattisgarh. - Jodhpur Bench State of Rajasthan excluding the Districts mentioned against Serial Number 14 under the jurisdiction of Jaipur Bench
- Jaipur Bench Districts of Ajmer, Alwar, Baran, Bharatpur, Bundi, Dausa, Dholpur, Jaipur, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Kota, Sawar Madhopur, Sikar, Tonk and Karauli in the
State of Rajasthan . - Chennai Bench (i) State of Tamil Nadu
(ii) Union Territory of Pondicherry. - Mumbai Bench (i) State of Maharashtra
(ii) State of Goa
(iii) Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(iv) Union Territory of Daman and Diu. - Patna Bench State of Bihar.
The jurisdiction of CAT is determined as per the above list which contains all types of services either All India Services or services under the control of central government. For determining CAT jurisdiction, the above list is comprehensive and there is no confusion on the same. The applicant must check the aforesaid list of CAT jurisdiction before filing OA in CAT.
IMPORTANT:
For any specific query or services, mail us, in brief, the facts along with the impugned order or representation is given to the organization.