(1) The Administrator shall constitute a Tribunal called the Co-operative Tribunal to exercise the functions conferred on the Tribunal by or under this Regulation.
(2) The Tribunal shall consist of a President and such number of other members not exceeding four.
(3) The qualifications, experience, the terms and conditions for appointment of the President and other members shall be such as may be prescribed.
(4) The Administrator may terminate the appointment of any member of the Tribunal before the expiry of the term of his office if such member—
(a) is adjudged as an insolvent;
(b) engages during his term of office in any paid employment outside the duties of his office unless such employment is authorised by the Administrator;
(c) is or becomes in any way concerned or interested in any contract or agreement made by or on behalf of the Union territory Administration or participates in any way in the profit thereof or in any benefit or emoluments arising therefrom otherwise than as a member;
(d) has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a member:
Provided that the member shall not be removed from his office on the grounds specified under clause (b) or clause (c) of this sub-section except by an order made by the Administrator after an inquiry made by the Judge of the concerned High Court having jurisdiction in such manner as may be prescribed; or
(e) is convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude.
(5) Any vacancy in the membership of the Tribunal shall be filled by the Administrator.
(6) The powers and functions of the Tribunal may be exercised and discharged by the Benches constituted by the President from amongst the members of the Tribunal including himself.
(7) Such Benches shall consist of two or more members.
(8) Where a matter is heard by three members the opinion of the majority shall prevail, and the decision shall be in accordance with the opinion of the majority and where a matter is heard by an even number of members, and the members are equally divided, if the President be one of the members, the opinion of the President shall prevail and in other cases the matter shall be referred for hearing to the President and shall be decided in accordance with his decision:
Provided that any interlocutory application may be heard by one or more members who may be present.
(9) Subject to the previous sanction of the Administrator, the Tribunal shall frame such regulations consistent with the provisions of this Regulation and rules made thereunder, for regulating its procedure and the disposal of its business and they shall be published in the Official Gazette.
(10) The Tribunal may call for and examine the record of any proceeding in which an appeal lies to it, for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of any SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 55 5 of 1908.
decision or order passed and if in any case, it appears to the Tribunal that any such decision or order should be modified, annulled or reversed, the Tribunal may pass such order thereon as it may deem just.
(11) Where an appeal is made to the Tribunal under section 102, it may, in order to prevent the ends of justice being defeated, make such interlocutory order spending the decision of the appeal as may appear to it to be just and convenient, or such orders as may be necessary for the ends of justice, or to prevent the abuse of the process of the Tribunal.
(12) An order passed, in appeal, or in revision under sub-section (10), or in review under section 124, by the Tribunal, shall be final and conclusive, and shall not be called in question in any civil court or revenue court.
(13) The Tribunal hearing an appeal under this Regulation shall exercise all the powers conferred upon an appellate court by section 97 and Order 41 in the First Schedule of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908.