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Retired High Court judge D.
Hariparanthaman contended that he was against ‘tribunalisation’ as it weakened constitutional bodies such as the High Courts. Also, SAT was abolished in Tamil Nadu only because it could not clear cases pending before it for long,” he added. “When Central government employees could approach the Central Administrative Tribunal, SAT was the option we had until 2006 when it was abolished,” he pointed out. “Since High Courts are constitutional bodies, they naturally have more power. However, there are also those who oppose the setting up of the tribunal contending that they are weaker institutions unlike the High Courts..