Chief Justice T S Thakur has said infrastructure is a major concern for the tribunals. <br/><br/>Addressing All India Conference of the Central Administration Tribunal – CAT in New Delhi, he said tribunals are not adequately equipped and a situation has come today that no retired Supreme Court judge wants to head tribunals. Mr Thakur said several tribunals are empty and there are no proper facilities.<br/><br/>He also said there are around 500 vacancies in High courts today. The Chief Justice said large number of proposals are still pending and hoped government attends to them. <br/><br/>Addressing the concerns of Chief Justice, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said, this year government has made record 121 judges' appointment. He said since 1990, there has been only 80 appointments. <br/><br/>Mr Prasad said five thousand vacancies are in lower judiciary in which government has no role to play and this must be taken care of by High Courts. <br/><br/>The Minister said CAT has done a great job in evolution of service jurisprudence over the years.