In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires -
(1) ‘Act’ means Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974 (47 of 1974);
(2) “Appointing Authority” in relation to exercise of a power means the Board and includes any officer or authority to whom the power is delegated by the Board;
(3) ‘Authority Competent to grant leave’ means the Chairman and includes any other officer to whom the power is delegated by the Chairman;
(4) ‘Board’ means the Oil Industry Development Board constituted under the Act;
(5) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board;
(6) “Completed years of service” or “One Year’s Continuous service” means continuous service of specified duration under the Board and includes the period spent on duty as well as on leave including extraordinary leave;
(7) ‘Chief Accounts Officer’ means the Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer of the Board;
(8) “Foreign Service” means service in which an employee receives his pay, with the sanction of the Board, from any source other than the funds of the Board.