The decisions of the tribunal can be challenged only in the Supreme Court,' said the official.

The tribunal's chairperson will be a retired or serving judge of the Supreme Court or chief justice of a high court.

Justice A.K. Mathur, former judge of the Supreme Court, has been appointed the tribunal's first chairperson and has assumed charge Sep 1, 2008.

Besides, each court will have a judicial member and an administrative member.

The judicial member must be, or have been, a judge of a high court while the administrative member would be officers of the rank of major general or equivalent in either of the three services or an officer not lower than the rank of a brigadier or equivalent who has rendered not less than one year of service as the judge advocate general of the army, navy or air force.

The government has already appointed eight judicial members and 15 administrative members, while seven judicial members are yet to be named.