(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “Act” means the Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Act, 1959 (Tamil Nadu Act 22 of 1959);
(b) “Annexure” means an Annexure appended to these rules;
(c) “Appointing Authority” means the Trustee or Fit Person of the concerned religious institution;
(d) “Departmental Pension” means pension sanctioned by the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to an employee of a Public Religious Institution who is not entitled to pension under Employees Provident Fund Scheme;
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(e) “Employee” includes a person who holds an offi ce to which an inam granted, confi rmed or recognized by the Government, is attached or who is remunerated in kind or in cash from the funds of the religious institution;
(f) “Employees Provident Fund Pension” means pension sanctioned by the Employees Provident Fund Authority to an employee of a religious institution enrolled under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme;
(g) “Executive Authority” means the Trustee, Fit Person or the Executive Offi cer, as the case may be;
(h) “Non-Senior Grade Temple” means the religious institution not having an Executive Offi cer in the cadre of Assistant Commissioner/Deputy Commissioner and Joint Commissioner;
(i) “Senior Grade Temple” means any religious institution having Executive Offi cer in the cadre of Joint Commissioner/ Deputy Commissioner / Assistant Commissioner taking into account the income and movable and immovable properties of the religious institution;
(j) “Ulthurai (Indoor) employee” means an employee whose duties mainly relate to the performance or rendering assistance in the performance of poojas, rituals and other services to the deity, the recitation of mantras, vedas, prabandhams, thevarams and similar invocations and performance of duties connected with such performance or recitation in a religious institution;
(k) “Velithurai (Outdoor) employee” means an employee other than an Ulthurai (Indoor) employee;
(2) All Words and expressions used herein and not defi ned but defi ned in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.