Definitions

(a) "Designated Officer" means an officer as notified under Section 3 to provide the public service; (b) "Appellate Authority" means an officer not below the rank of Designated Officer as notified under Section 7; (c) "Eligible person" means a person who is eligible for obtaining public services; (d) "Public Service" means any service as notified by the State Government under Section 3; (e) "Stipulated time limit" means the time limit as notified under Section 3 for providing the public service; (f) "Right to Service" means the right to obtain the notified public services within the stipulated time limit under this Act; (g) "Service" means the services provided by the State Government. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Appellate Authority" means an officer notified by the Government, local body, public authorities or agencies, as the case may be, and invested with the power to hear appeals against the orders passed by any Competent Officer under this Act; (b) "Competent Officer" means an officer so notified by the Government, local body, public authority or agency as the case may be, under section 5, of this Act, and empowered to impose cost for default or delay caused by the person responsible for delivery of Lok Sewa; (c) "Department" means a department of the Government or a section, division, branch office or constituent unit, or by whatever name called, of a local body, public authority or agency as the case may be; (d) "Government" means the Government of Chhattisgarh; (e) "Local body" means and includes any authority, municipality, panchayat or any other body, by whatever name called, for the time being invested by law to render Lok Sewa within the State of Chhattisgarh or to control, manage or regulate such services within a specified local area thereof; (f) "Lok Sewa" means and includes citizen related public service, notified under section 3; (g) "Notification" and "Notified", where the context so requires, means and relate to a notification published in the official Gazette; (h) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; (i) "Public authority" means any authority or body or institution of self governance established or constituted by any law made by the Legislature of the State of Chhattisgarh or constituted by a notification issued or order made by the Government; and includes:-(one) a body owned, controlled or substantially financed by the Government; (two) a non-government organisation substantially financed, directly or indirectly, by the funds provided by the Government; and (three) an organization or body corporate in its capacity as an instrumentality of State as defined under article 12 of the Constitution and rendering Lok Sewa in the State of Chhattisgarh. (j) "Rule" means a rule made by the Government under this Act, and notified as such; (k) "Stipulated time" means the maximum time, notified under Section 3 of this Act, to provide Lok Sewa or to decide the appeal by the appellate authority. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Act" means, the Chhattisgarh Lok Sewa Guarantee Act, 2011 (No. 23 of 2011); (b) "Appellate Authority" means, an officer empowered in Section 2(i) of the Act who can hear appeals against the orders passed by the Competent Officer; (c) "Competent Officer" means, an officer empowered to impose cost for default or delay caused by the person responsible for delivery of Lok Sewa as mentioned in Section 2(b) of the Act; (d) "Cost" means, cost as imposed for payment by the Competent Authority on a person responsible for delivering Lok Sewa for the services specified in Section 4(4) of the Act. (e) "Department" means, a Department of the Government or a section, division, branch, office or constituent unit, or by whatever name called, of a local body, public authority or agency, as the case may be, as mentioned in Section 2(c) of the Act; (f) "Designated Officer" means, an officer responsible for delivering Lok Sewa as mentioned in Section 4(1) of the Act; (g) "Form" means, form attached to these rules made under the Act; (h) "Government" means, the Government of Chhattisgarh as mentioned in section 2(d) of the Act; (i) "Local body" means, any Authority, Municipal Corporation, Municipality, Panchayat or any Other Body, as mentioned in Section 2(e) of the Act; (j) "Lok Sewa" means, Services mentioned in Section 2(f) of the Act; (k) "Notification" and "Notified" means a notification published in the Official Gazette under Section 2(g) of the Act; (l) "Prescribed" means, prescribed by these rules; (m) "Public Authority" means, an authority or body or an autonomous body mentioned in Section 2(i) of the Act; (n) "Rule" means, the Chhattisgarh Lok Sewa Guarantee (Avedan, Appeal, tatha Parivyaya ka Bhugtan) Niyam, 2011; (o) "Schedule" means, issuing of Schedule under these rules related to notified civilians in public services under Section 3(1) of the Act; (p) "Stipulated time" means, the specified time to provide Lok Sewa or to decide the appeal by the Appellate Authority notified under these rules; (2) The words and expression used in these rules which are not defined, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act. (1) (n) "Government" means, the Government of Chhattisgarh as mentioned iri section 2(d) of the Act; (i) "Local body" meaps, Authorif;y, Muni,:ipal Conx>ration, Municipijlity, Panchayat or ~Y Other Body, ~ m~:nijQneq ip. S~Ftion 2{e) ctf the Act, (j) "Lok Sewa" mea.ns, Services mentioned in Section '2(f) of the Act; (k) "Nofification" aJ.1d "Notif'aed" means a notifica,tion published in the Offic1al Gazette under. Section 2(g) of the Act; (l) "Pre:,cribed" means, prescribed by these rules; (m) "Public Authorit:y" means, an authority or body or an autonomous body mentioned in Section 2(i) of the Act; (n) "Rufo" means, the Chhattisgarh Lok Sewa Guarantee (A vedan, Appeal, tatha Parivyaya ka Bhugtan) Niyam, 2011; (o) "Sch1edule" means, issuing of ScheduJe under these rules related to notifi ed civilians in public services under Section 3( 1 ) of the Act; (p) "Stip,ulated time" rn.eans, the specified time to provide Lok Sewa or to decic'le the appeal by 1he Appellate Authority notified ,under these rules; (2) The words and express ion used in these rules which ar,e not defined, shall have the :wne meaning as assigned to them in the Act.