Bhubaneswar, March 21 -- In a major judgement, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the decision of the Orissa High Court regarding the Centre's notification for the abolition of the State Administrative Tribunal (SAT).

A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Hima Kohli dismissed the petition filed by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal Bar Association challenging the Orissa High Court's decision which upheld the abolition of the tribunal.

The bench said that Article 323A of the Constitution of India does not preclude the Union Government from abolishing a State Administrative Tribunal, because 'it is only an enabling power enabling the Union Government to establish an administrative tribunal at its discretion on a req...