In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires :—
(a) "Act" means the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985);
(b) "Government" means the Government of Karnataka;
(c) "Tribunal" means the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal;
(d) the words and expressions used in these rules and not defined, but defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3, Pay.—(1) The Chairman shall receive a pay of rupees three thousand five hundred plus a special pay of rupees two hundred fifty per mensem. A Vice-Chairman shall receive a pay of rupees three thousand five hundred per mensem. A Member shall receive a pay of rupees three thousand per mensem :
Provided that in the case of ;\n appointment as Chairman, a Vice-Chairman or a Member of a person who has retired as a judge of a High Court or who has retired from service under the Central Government or a State Government and who is in receipt of or has received or has become entitled to receive any retirement benefits by way of cither pension or gratuity or both or employer's contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund or other forms of retirement benefits, the aforementioned pay shall be reduced by "the gross amount of pension and Pension equivalent of gratuity or employer's contribution to the Contributory Provident Fund or any other form of retirement benefits, if any, drawn or to be diawn by him.