“2. Definitions,- (1) In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a)“Board” means the Selection Board constituted under rule 8 (1) 2
(b)“Commission” means the Odisha Sub-ordinate Staff Selection Commission;
(c)“Committee” means Departmental Promotion Committee constituted under rule 13.
(d)“Director” means Director of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Odisha;
(e)“Government” means the Government of Odisha;
(f)“Ex-Servicemen” means the person as defined in the Odisha Ex- Servicemen (Recruitment to State Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1985;
(g)“Persons with disabilities” means persons who have been granted with Disability Certificates by Competent Authority as per the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016;-
(h)“Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes” shall have reference to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes specified in the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution (Scheduled Tribe) Order, 1950, as the case may be, made under Article 341 and 342 of the Constitution of India, respectively;
(i)“SEBC” means the Socially and Educationally Backward Classes of citizens defined as Backward Classes and referred to in clause (a) of Section 2 of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993;
(j)“Service” means the Odisha Veterinary Technical Service, Group-‘C’;
(k)“Sportsmen” means persons who have been issued with identity card as sportsmen by the Director, Sports;as decided by the Government from time to time;
(l)“Veterinary Technicians” means Veterinary Technician including Enumerator, Poultry Extension Overseer, Milk Analyst, Stockman Supervisor, Livestock Census Supervisor and such other posts to be created in the cadre of Veterinary Technician; and
(m)“Select List” means the list of the candidates approved by the Appointing Authority containing the names of persons considered suitable in the order of merit for appointment as recommended by the Commission; and
(n)“Year” means the calendar year.
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(2) All other words and expressions used in these rules but not specifically defined shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them in the Odisha Service Code.