The Central government has cleared the appointment of chairpersons to the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal (DRAT).
The government has cleared the appointment after the Supreme Court expressed its displeasure stating that the bureaucracy was taking the issue of tribunal appointments very lightly.
The 5 persons have been appointed as chairpersons in the salary of Rs.2,50,000/- (fixed) p.m., for a period of 04 years, or till attaining the age of 70 years, or until further orders, whichever is the earliest.
The government has appointed Justice Rajesh Dayal Khare, Former Judge, High Court of Allahabad; Justice S. Ravi Kumar, Former Judge, High Court of Andhra Pradesh & Former Chairperson, DRAT, Mumbai; Justice Brijesh Sethi, Former Judge High Court of Delhi; Justice Anil Kumar Srivastava, Former Judge, High Court of Allahabad; Justice Ashok Menon and Former Judge, High Court of Kerala.
Apart from the Supreme Court, the Bombay High Court had also passed suo motu directions to aid litigants who were left without appellate remedy, due to vacancies in the DRAT rendering it non-functional.
The court held that orders of any DRT in Maharashtra would remain if an appeal is filed in the DRAT(M) along with the deposit of requisite fee and 25% of the debt due.
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