Section 4: Duties of Tribunal

- (1) The Rajasthan Civil services Appellate Tribunal shall hear an appeal against the order passed by any officer or authority on any service matter or matters affecting a Government servant in his personal capacity. (2) The Tribunal shall have power to confirm, vary or reverse the order against which the appeal is preferred or to remand the matter for fresh decision in accordance with the directions given by it. 4A. Appeal not to be admitted unless other remedies exhausted.- (1) The Tribunal shall not ordinarily admit an appeal unless it is satisfied that the appellant had availed of all the remedies available to him under- the relevant service rules as to redressal of grievances. (2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), a person shall be deemed to have availed of all the remedies available to him under the relevant service rules as to redressal of grievances- (a) if a final order has been made by the Government or other authority or Committee t or officer or other person competent to pass such order under such rules, rejecting any appeal preferred or representation made by such person in connection with the grievance; or (b) where no final order has been made bv the Government or other authority or Committee or officer or other person competent to pass such order with regard to the appeal preferred or representation made by such person, if a period of six months from the date on which such appeal was preferred or representation was made has expired. Explanation.- In this section the expression "service rules as to redressal of grievance" means the rules, regulations, order or other instruments or arrangements as in force for the Lime being with respect to redressal, otherwise than under this Act, of any grievances in relation to services matters.