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challenge assailing ouster provision about jurisdiction of
the Writ Court by statute to assail any order passed by the
Tribunal.
Having regard to the subject matter and the issue,
Apex Court held that the jurisdiction of the High Court
under Articles 226/227 of Constitution of India could not be
ousted by statute applying basic structure principle and
accordingly observed that the Tribunal as set up following
the Administrative Tribunals Act in exercise of power under
Articles 323A and 323B of the Constitution of India by the
Parliament by setting up the Administrative Tribunals
dealing with subject matters arose out of disputes relating
to specified Acts as was identified in the concerned Act
framed, would be original forum to agitate the issue and
therefrom matter could be moved assailing the order of the
Tribunals in the High Court under jurisdiction of Articles
226/227 of the Constitution of India. It has been observed
in L. Chandra Kumar (supra) that the Tribunals will be
courts of first instance in respect of the areas of law for
which they have been constituted. The relevant paragraphs
93 and 99 of L. Chandra Kumar (supra) read such:-