(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)"Act" means the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990);
(b) "District" means registration district as defined in the registration act 1908 (Central Act No. 16 of 1908);
(c) "Minimum period of service" means two years of service for District Registrar, Head Quarter Assistant and Senior Sub-Registrar or Sub-Registrar in one office of posting and four years of service for First Division Assistant, in one office of posting;
(d) “Zonal Period of service” means cumulative years of service rendered by an officer in a particular zone calculated by combining services rendered in different offices of a particular zone as defined in table,- Table-1 1 2 3 Senior Sub Registrar/ Sub Registrar First Division Assistant Cumulative period of Service in Zone-A offices Five years out of last eight years Six years out of last eight years
(e) “Section" means section of the Act.
(f) "Officers/Officials" means officers and officials serving in Group-A, Group-B and Group-C cadres of the Karnataka State Stamps and Registration Department;
(g) "Transfer" means posting of officers and officials from one place of working or post to another place of working or post of equivalent cadre which excludes change from one post to another post in the same office;
(h) “Special category offices” means offices in which Senior Sub-Registrar or Sub-Registrar posts which are vacant and held in charge for long time 3 due to low transaction or low revenue will be notified by the Government from time to time;
(i)"Competent Authority" means the competent authority for transfer of officers or officials specified in table of rule 3;
(j) “Zone-A Offices” means all sub-registrar offices within the Jurisdiction of the Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority and Corporation areas specified in Schedule-I for cadre of senior sub-registrar or sub-registrar and Schedule-II for the cadre of First Division Assistant;
(k) “Zone-B offices” means all sub-registrar offices which are not listed in Zone-A and Zone-C Offices specified in Schedule-I for cadre of senior subregistrar or sub-registrar and Schedule-II for the cadre of First Division Assistant; and
(l)“Zone-C office” means all non-executive posts and special category offices specified in Schedule-I for cadre of senior sub-registrar or subregistrar and Schedule-II for the cadre of First Division Assistant.
(2) All other words and expressions used herein but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.