Gokul Patnaik vs. Union Of India Through Its Secretary Ministry Of Finance (Department Of Revenue)

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Writ Petition (Civil) No. 279/2017

KUDRAT SANDHU Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ANR. Respondent(s)

WITH W.P.(C) No. 640/2017 (X) W.P.(C) No. 925/2017 (PIL-W) (FOR ADMISSION) W.P.(C) No. 33/2018 (PIL-W) (FOR APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS ON IA 65011/2018) W.P.(C) No. 205/2018 (X) W.P.(C) No. 467/2018 (X) (FOR ADMISSION)

Date : 16-07-2018 This matter was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE D.Y. CHANDRACHUD

For Petitioner(s)

WP 33/2018	Mr. Sidharth Luthra, Sr. Adv.
	Ms. Maneesha Dhir, Adv.
	Mr. Karan Batura, Adv.
	Mr. Ashu Kansal, Adv.
	Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, Adv.
WP 467/2018	Mr. Ashok Kumar Panda, Sr. Adv.
	Mr. Satyabrata Panda, Adv.
	Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv.
	Mr. Aniruddha Purushotham, Adv.
	Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR
WP 640/2017	Mr. A.K. Behera, Adv.
	Mr. V.K. Verma, AOR
	Ms. Priya Hingorani, Adv.
	Mr. Naresh Kumar, Adv.
	Mr. Kripa Shanker Prasad, Adv.
WP 205/2018	Ms. Palak Mahajan, Adv.
	Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR

Ms. Rhea Dube, Adv.

ITEM NO.31 COURT NO.1 SECTION PIL-W

WP 925/2017	Mr. Rupesh Kumar, AOR<br>Mr. Pravesh Bahuguna, Adv.<br>Mr. Prashant Rawat, Adv.
WP 279/2017	Mr. Arun Monga, Adv.<br>Ms. Divya Sharma, Adv.<br>Ms. Mayuri Raghuvanshi, AOR
	Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, Adv.
	Ms. Anushree Prashit Kapadia, AOR
For Respondent(s)	Mr. K.K. Venugopal, AG<br>Mr. Maninder Singh, ASG<br>Mr. S.S. Shamshery, Adv.<br>Mr. R. Balasubramanian, Adv.<br>Ms. Rukmini Bobde, Adv.<br>Mr. Harish V. Shekhar, Adv.<br>Ms. Shraddha Deshmukh, Adv.<br>Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv.<br>Mr. Rohit Bhat, Adv.<br>Mr. B.K. Prasad, Adv.<br>Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR
	Mr. Ajay Bansal, Adv.<br>Mr. Gaurav Yadava, Adv.<br>Ms. Veena Bansal, Adv.
	Mr. Ajayveer Singh Jain, Adv.<br>Mr. Uday Ram Bokadia, Adv.<br>Ms. Divya Garg, Adv.<br>Mr. Sonal Jain, AOR
	Mr. Zoheb Hossain, AOR
	Mr. Ashok Mathur, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Mr. Sidharth Luthra, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner in W.P.(C) No. 33/2018 submits that certain positions in the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) have not yet been filled up though vacancies are there.

Mr. A.K. Behera, learned counsel for the

petitioner in W.P.(C) No. 640/2017 submitted in respect of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) that though the matter has reached the final stage, yet the persons have not yet been appointed.

Mr. K.K. Venugopal, learned Attorney General for India assisted by Mr. R. Balasubramanian, learned counsel shall obtain instructions in this regard.

If any anomaly is there, it will be open to learned counsel to serve a copy of the same by way of a written statement to Mr. R. Balasubramanian, who in turn, may brief the learned Attorney General.

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, learned counsel shall also submit a statement in writing as regards the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT), a copy of which shall be served on Mr. R. Balasubramanian.

At this juncture, we may note that there is some confusion with regard to the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) as regards the age of superannuation. We make it clear that the person selected as Member of the ITAT will continue till the age of 62 years and the person holding the post of President, shall continue till the age of 65 years.

Let the matter be listed on 13.8.2018.

WP(C) No. 467/2018

Let this matter be listed alongwith Writ Petition (Civil) No. 279/2017.

(Deepak Guglani) (H.S. Parasher) Court Master Assistant Registrar