(1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,-
(1) ‘Act’ means the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Forest Officers and Other Officials) Act, 2016 (Karnataka Act 9 of 2017);
(2) “Appendix” means Appendix appended to these rules;
(3) “Annual calendar” means the schedule of dates notified by the State Authority for the purpose of general transfers and postings;
(4) “Available post” means a post in which the present incumbent has completed the prescribed tenure;
(5) “Competent Authority” means the authorities listed in Appendix - II & III of these rules;
(6) “Consequential vacancy” means a vacancy arising out of the transfer of a present incumbent during the ongoing counseling session;
(7) “Contingent transfer” means any transfer and posting contingent on an event other than general transfer;
(8) “Critical post” means a post notified as such by the Competent Authority under rule 8;
(9) “Functional wing” means a unit of the Department entrusted with special duties like social forestry, research, planning, vigilance, training etc., and having divisions at the Circle level;
(10) “Jurisdiction” means the area over which an officer or authority exercises its powers and discharges its functions;
(11) “Online” means feeding, processing and displaying the data and information on the departmental website;
(12) “Place of posting” means the headquarters where a post is located;
(13) “Posting” means appointing a forest officer or other official to discharge the responsibilities of a post on full time basis;
(14) “Schedule” means schedule appendent to the Act;
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(15) “Section” means section of the Act;
(16) “Sensitive post” means a post identified as such under rule 8 (1) (e);
(17) “Vacant post” means a temporary or permanent post which does not have a full-time incumbent for the time being; and
(18) “Website” means official website maintained by the Karnataka Forest Department.
(2) All other words and expressions used in these rules but not defined herein, shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.