In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "Act"Means the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (No.1 of 1994)
(b) "AppointingAuthority" in respect of the service or a post means the Authority shown as appointing Authority for the post concerned'.in Sehedule- V; , " (cj '''Other Back-ward Classes" "means the "otherBack.;watd"Classes".of ", citizens as specified by the State Government vide Notification No. F-:8- 5IX-XV 14-84 Dated 26th December, 1984 as amended from time to time;
(d) "Panchayat" means Janpad Panchayat or Zila Panchayat, as the case may be; (e)"Panchayat Service" means the Panchayat Gramin Vikas Service ofZila Panchayat or Janpad Panchayat, as the case may be, under sub-section (1) of section 70 of the said Act;
(f) "Prescribed Authority" means the Officer notified by the 'State Government in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1)of section 70 read with clause (xxi)of-section 2;
(g) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to these Rules. (h) "Schedule Caste" means any c~ste, race or Tribe or part of or group within a caste, race or tribe specified as Scheduled Castes with respect to the State of Madhya Pradesh under Article 341 of the ,Constitution of India;
, (i) "Scheduled'Tribes" means any tribe or tribai community or,part of or group within a tribe or tribal community specified as Scheduled tribes with respect to the State of Madhya Pradesh under Article 342 of the Constitution of India. "Section" means Sectiono,f the Act; "
(k) Selection CoII1mitteemeans a selection ~ommittee constituted for selection ofpersons for employment in the Panchayat Gramin Vikas Service.
(1)"Standing Committee" means the committee constituted by the Panchayat under the provisions of Section 47 of the said Act;
(m) The words and expressions used in these rules but not defined there in shall have the weanjng r~spectively as assigned to them in the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 (NO.I of 1994);