Definitions

Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (1) "Andhra Area" means the territories of the State of Andhra Pradesh which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Andhra; (2) "Backward Classes" means such classes of citizens other than the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes as may be specified by the Government; (3) "District Collector" means any officer in-charge of a Revenue District; (4) "Government" means the State Government; (5) "Mandal" means such area in a district as may be declared by the Government by notification to be a Mandal under section 3; (6) "Mandal Development Officer" means the officer appointed under section 18; (7) "Mandal Praja Parishad" means a Mandal Praja Parishad constituted under section 3; (8) "Notification" means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; (9) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (10) "Registered Voter in the Mandal" means a person whose name for the time being is entered in the electoral roll of any assembly constituency in relation to the area comprised in the Mandal; (11) "Relevant District Boards Act" means,— (a) in the Andhra Area, the Andhra Pradesh (Andhra Area) District Boards Act, 1920; (b) in the Telangana Area, the Andhra Pradesh (Telangana Area) District Boards Act, 1955; (12) "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clause (24) and clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution of India; (13) "Telangana Area" means the territories of the State of Andhra Pradesh which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in the State of Hyderabad; (14) "Zilla Praja Parishad" means a Zilla Praja Parishad constituted under section 4; (15) "Zilla Pranalika Abhivrudhi Mandali" means a Zilla Pranalika Abhivrudhi Mandali constituted for a district under section 3-A.