(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the Odisha Scheduled Castes, Scheduled • Tribes and Backward Classes (Regulation of Issuance and Verification of Caste Certificates)Act, 2012 (Odisha Act 8 of 2014);
(b) "Aadhaar number' means a 12 digit Unique Identity Number issued under sub- section
(3) of Section 3 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other . Subsidies, Benefits and Services)Act,2016 (18 of 2016);
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(c) "Appointing Authority" means the Authority empowered to make appointment t6 a service -or a post in an establishment;
(d) "District Vigilance Cell" means the District Vigilance Cell constituted by the Government;
(e) "Driving Licence" means a licence issued under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
(f) "Form" means the Forms appended to these rules;
(g) "PAN" means Permanent Account Number issued under Section 139-A of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);
(h) "State" means the State of Odisha; and
(i) "Voter Identity Card" means an identity card issued in favour of any elector under Rule 28 of the Registration of Electors Rules, 1960, made under the Representation of People Act,1950(43 of 1950).
(2) Words and expressions used and not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them, respectively, in the Act.