In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) academic year in relation to an admission means a period of twelve months commencing on the first day of July of a calendar year within which the process of admission is initiated;
(b) aided institution means a private educational institution, excluding minority institution, receiving recurring grants-in-aid or financial assistance in whole or in part from the state Government or from anybody under the control of State Government disbursing grants-in-aid or financial assistance;
(c) general candidate means a candidate selected on the basis of merit on an unreserved seat;
(d) Head of the institution means the President or the Manager or the secretary of a society running the institution and includes the director, the Principal or any Administrative Head of the institution;
(e) educational institution means
(i) a college or a school or an institution, by whatever name called, imparting education approved or recognized by a competent Statutory Body and affiliated to a state University, including a Private University established or incorporated by an Act of the state legislature or a constituent unit of a deemed to be University defined under section 3 of the University Grants commission Act, 1956 imparting education.
(ii) a college or a school or an institution, by whatever name called, imparting professional courses, approved or recognized by the Competent statutory Body leading to the award of a degree, diploma or a certificate, by whatever name called.
(f) other backward classes or citizens means the Other Backward Classes or Citizens specified in the scheduled-1 to the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation for scheduled castes, Schedule Tribes and other Backward classes) Act, 1994.
(g) Private Institution means an educational institution not established or maintained by State Government or any Public Body;
(h) Professional Course means a course of study notified as a professional course by the Competent statutory Body leading to the award of a degree, diploma or certificate by whatever name called:
(i) Reserved Seat means a seat reserved for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or other backward classes of citizens;
(j) Sanctioned Intake means and implies the total number of seats sanctioned by an authority notified by the state government for admitting students in each course of study in an Institution;
(k) State University means a University established or incorporated by an Act of the state legislature;
(l) Unaided Institution means a private Educational Institution, not being an Aided Institutions.
(m) Unreserved seat means a seat other than reserved seat.