law: The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
  5. Composition of Tribunals and Benches Thereof. -
  (1) Each Tribunal shall consist of a Chairman
  
  and such number of Vice-Chairman and judicial and Administrative Members as the
  
  appropriate Government may deem fit and, subject to the other provisions of
  
  this Act, the jurisdiction, powers and authority of the Tribunal may be
  
  exercised by Benches thereof. 
  (2) Subject to the other provisions of this Act,
  
  a Bench shall consist of one Judicial Member and one Administrative Member. 
  (3) Omitted 
  (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in
  
  sub-section (1) the Chairman - 
  (a) may, in addition
  
  to discharging the functions of the Judicial Member or the Administrative
  
  Member of the Bench to which he is appointed discharge the functions of the
  
  Judicial Member or, as the case may be, the Administrative Member, of any other
  
  Bench; 
  (b) may transfer the
  
  Vice-Chairman or other Member from one Bench to another Bench; 
  (c) may authorize the
  
  Vice-Chairman or the Judicial Member or the Administrative Member appointed to
  
  one Bench to discharge also the functions of the Vice-Chairman, or, as the case
  
  may be, the Judicial Member or the Administrative Member of another Bench; and 
  (d) may, for the
  
  purpose of securing that any case or cases which, having regard to the nature
  
  of the question involved, requires or require, in his opinion or under the
  
  rules made by the Central Government in this behalf, to be decided by the Bench
  
  composed of more than two members, issue such general or special orders, as he
  
  may deem fit: 
  Provided  that every Bench constituted in
  
  pursuance of this clause shall include at least one Judicial Member and one
  
  Administrative Member. 
  (5) Omitted 
  (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in the
  
  foregoing provisions of this section, it shall be competent for the Chairman or
  
  any other Member authorized by the Chairman in this behalf to function as a
  
  Bench consisting of a single Member and exercise the jurisdiction, powers and
  
  authority of the Tribunal in respect of such classes of cases or such matters
  
  pertaining to such classes of cases as the Chairman may by general or special
  
  order specify: 
  Provided  that if at any stage of the hearing of
  
  any such case or matter it appears to the Chairman or such Member that the case
  
  or matter is of such a nature that it ought to be heard by a Bench consisting
  
  of two members, the case or matter may be transferred by the Chairman or, as
  
  the case may be, referred to him for transfer to, such Bench as the Chairman
  
  may deem fit. 
  (7) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, the Benches of the Central Administrative Tribunal shall ordinarily sit at
  
  New Delhi (which shall be known as the principal Bench), Allahabad, Calcutta,
  
  Madras, New Bombay and at such other places as the Central Government may, by
  
  notification, specify. 
  (8) Subject to the other provisions of this
  
  Act, the place at which the Principal Bench and other Benches of a State
  
  Administrative Tribunal shall ordinarily sit shall be such as the State
  
  Government may, by notification, specify.