(1)In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
1. “Government” means the Government of Karnataka;
2. “Government servant” means a person who is a member of the civil services of the State of Karnataka or who holds a civil post in connection with the affairs of the state of Karnataka and includes any such person whose services are temporarily placed at the disposal of the Government of India, Government of another State, a company, corporation, board, organization, local authority,whether incorporated or not, notwithstanding that his salary is drawn from sources other than the Consolidated Fund of the State;
Explanation:- Government Servant referred in these rules means officers and officials belonging to any class or service to whom these rules are applicable.
3. “Members of family” in relation to a Government Servant include,-
(i) the wife or husband as the case may be of the Government Servant, whether residing with the Government Servant or not but does not include a wife or husband, as the case may be, separated from the Government Servant by a decree or order of a competent court;
(ii) son or daughter or step – son or step – daughter of a Government Servant and wholly dependent on him, but does not include a child or step – child who is no longer in any way dependent on the Government Servant or of whose custody the Government Servant has been deprived by or under any law; and 3
(iii) any other person related, whether by blood or marriage, to the Government Servant or to the Government Servant’s wife or husband and wholly dependent on the Government Servant.
4. “Prescribed Authority” means,-
(i) The High Court of Karnataka in case of persons belonging to the Karnataka Judicial Service;
(ii) Government in the case of a Government Servant holding any post in Group-A and that of Tahsildar Grade-II in Group-B;
(iii) Head of the Department in the case of a Government Servant holding any post in Group-B, Group-C and Group-D excluding that of Tahsildar Grade-II in Group-B;
Provided that Heads of Departments may by order specify any other authorities under their administrative control as Prescribed Authorities for the purpose of this clause.
Explanation.- In respect of a Government Servant on foreign service or on deputation to any other department or any other Government, the authorities specified in sub-clause (ii) or sub-clause (iii), as the case may be, shall be the Prescribed Authority.
(iv) Such authority as may be specified by the Government by order made in this behalf.
Different authorities may be specified for the purpose of different provisions of these rules.
(2) All other words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Karnataka Civil Service Rules or any other rules made or deemed to have been made under the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990).