(1.) TWO of the Advocates, practising in this Court, have assailed validity of Sub-rule (2) of Rule 9 of Central Administrative Tribunal (Procedure Rules), 1987 requiring a gazetted Officer or an Advocate to authenticate the documents which are to accompany an application filed in Form 1 under Rule 4 of the CAT Rules.
(2.) ORIGINALLY the rule required only a gazetted officer to attest the documents. But the rule was amended and amended rule reads as under :