Role of Administrative Tribunal in the Settlement of Administrative Disputes in Bangladesh

Abstract

In Bangladesh, the Administrative Tribunal is a specialized adjudicating body that was created to remove ordinary courts' jurisdiction over civil servant service disputes and guarantee prompt, efficient, affordable, flexible, and expert adjudication. This paper aims to investigate how complex legislation, non-adherence to the Constitutional mandate, departure from equality principles, lack of a dynamic procedure for hiring experts, absence of a formalized system for selecting panel advocates, various deficiencies and inadequacies within the jurisdiction, and procedural and functional flaws affect the adjudicating mechanism of these tribunals. This paper examines the legal provisions of the Administrative Tribunals Act, of 1980 and the Rules framed thereunder to determine whether they are sufficient for the proper and timely resolution of service litigants' grievances. It does this by critically analyzing these provisions in comparison to those of India and Pakistan in particular, as well as by empirically scrutinizing the actual functioning of these Tribunals in Bangladesh. In summary, this paper concludes that significant changes to those legislative requirements and solutions to those problems are required, and it offers those solutions