(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. “Executive post” means those posts in the offices in Excise Department as defined in Schedule-I to these rules.
c. “Non-Executive post” means all posts which are not included in Schedule-I as executive post will be considered as non-executive posts.
d. “District” means revenue district;
e. “Minimum period of service” means officers and officials of different cadres of Excise Department must have completed the following minimum years of tenure in deployed posts for the purpose of transfer, namely, 9 Sl No.
Cadre Minimum period of service
1. Group-A 2 years
2. Group-B 2 years
3. Group-C 3 years
4. Group-C (Excise Constable and Head Constable– Related unitwise Seniority) 5 years f. “Section” means sections of the Act.
g. “Officers/Officials” means officers and officials serving in Group-A, Group-B and Group-C cadres of the State Excise Department;
h. “Officer facing departmental enquiry or criminal proceedings” means the officer against whom the article of charges are issued in departmental enquiry or the officer against whom the charge sheet is filed in criminal proceedings.
i. “Officer facing Lokayuktha proceedings” means the officer has been subjected to trap/raid or the delinquent Government officer in cases departmental enquiry entrusted to Karnataka Lokayuktha /Uplokayuktha.
j. “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 changing from one post to another post in the same office.
k. “Competent Authority” means the competent authority for transfer of officers or officials specified in rule 3.
(2) The word and expressions used, but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.