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Administrative
Tribunal:
Broadly speaking,
the term,
administrative
refers to broad
areas of
governmentalactiv
ities in which rep
ositories of power
may exercise ever
y class of statutor
yfunction.65 he
word tribunal has
been defined
earlier. he
administrative
tribunalsare those
tribunals, which
deal with
administrative
affairs.!
dministrative
ribunals have
their roots traced
from "rench
system of !
dministrativerib
unals. #n "rance,
the control of the
$udicial %ourts
over the !
dministration
waslifted under !
rticle &' of the (aw
of &)*+, which is
in force even
today. apoleon
alsodecided to
build up solid
governmental
machinery on the
ruins of "rench
-evolution sothat
it could
function effectivel
y.
he "rench %onst
itution of &)**
established the
%ouncil dtat.
his was
the beginning of
the system of !
dministrative
ribunals.he !
dministrative
ribunal is the
third type of
/udicial body as
mentioned in the
%onstitution of
Bangladesh,
&*)' in 0art 1# 2!
rticle &&)3.
Administrative Tri
bunal and Banglad
esh Constitution:
!
4overnment erv
antduring the
British rule in
#ndia held the
office during the
pleasure of the
%rown. #t
wasfor the first ti
me in &*&* certai
n constitutional p
rotections were pr
ovided for the4ov
ernment servants
by the insertion of
section *6B in the
4overnment of
#ndia !ct,&*&5.
his section was
incorporated in the
4overnment of
#ndia !ct, &*5
and in the0akistan
%onstitution. 7uri
ng the adoption
of Bangladesh %o
nstitution, &*)',
theframers of the
%onstitution inclu
ded the provision
in !rticle &&).!
rticle &&)2&3 of
Bangladesh
%onstitution, &*)'
empowers the
0arliament to
establishone or
more !
dministrative
ribunals against
whose decisions no
writ will lie in
viewof the
provision of !rticle
&+'253.uch
tribunals may be
established to deal
with matters
relating to82a3 the
terms and
conditions of
persons in the
service of the
-epublic including
matters provided
for in 0art #9 and
award of penalties
or
punishment:2b3
the ac;uisition,
administration,
management and
disposal of any
property vested
inor managed by
the govt. by any
law, including the
operation and
management of,
andservices in any
nationali<ed
enterprise or
statutory public
authority:.2c3 any
law to which
article &+' 23
applies.