(i) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) ‘Commission’ means the Punjab Public Service Commission.
(b) ‘Department’ means the Punjab Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department.
(c) ‘Direct appointment’ means an appointment made otherwise than by promotion or by transfer of a person already in the Service of Government of India or of a State Government.
(d) ‘Government’ means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department.
(e) ‘Recognized University or Institution’ means :-
(i) any university or institution incorporated by law in any of the States of India ;
(ii) the Punjab Sind or Dacca University in case of a degree or diploma obtained as a result of an examination held before the 15" August, 1947, by these universities ;
OR
(iii)any other university or institution which is declared by the Government to be a recognized university or institution for the purposes of these rules ;
(f) ‘Service’ means the Punjab Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Department (Class-II) Service.
3. The Service shall comprise the posts shown in Appendix “A’ these rules ;
Provided that nothing in these rules shall affect the inherent right of Government to add to or reduce the number of such posts or to create new posts with different designations and scales of pay, whether permanently or temporarily.