The Orissa High Court on Thursday directed the State Government to take expeditious measures in filling up of the vacancies created in the memberships of various Benches of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) located here.
In an interim order, a Division Bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice KS Jhaveri issued the direction while adjudicating a PIL in this connection. Currently, over 50,000 applications are pending disposal in all the four Benches of the SAT including that of its principal Bench. While the SAT Benches combined have a sanctioned strength of eight Members, including that of the Chairman, there are now only two Members, including an Acting Chairman, alleges the PIL