(a) “Appointing Authority” in relation to a Government Servant means the Appointing Authority specified in the Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957not below the rank of Head of the Department.
Provided that if the Appointing Authority specified in Karnataka Civil Services (Classification, Control and Appeal) Rules, 1957 is subordinate to the Head of the Department, then the Head of the Department shall be the Appointing Authority for these rules.
(b) “Commission” means the Karnataka Public Service Commission.
(c) “Head of the Department” means the officers mentioned in Appendix-I of Karnataka Civil Service Rules and any others whom Government may from time to time declare to be Heads of Departments.
(d) “Qualifying Examination” means the examination or examinations prescribed, in the rules of recruitment specially made in respect of any service or post as the minimum qualification for direct recruitment, and
(e) “Selection Authority” means save as otherwise provided in these rules Commission orsuch Authority as may be specified by notification by the Government for selection of candidates to a particular category of posts.
(2) Words and expressions used in these rules but not defined therein shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977.
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