Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ,—

(a) "affiliated college" means a college affiliated to a university under a relevant University Act ;

(b) "appointed day" means the date on which this Act is deemed to have come into force under sub-section (3) of section 1 ;

(c) "college" means an affiliated college ;

(d) "college employee" means any member of the teaching, other academic and non-teaching staff of a college (whether confirmed or temporary or on probation) in the service of such college and for the purpose of any proceeding under this Act in relation to a dispute referred to in section 8, includes any such member who has been dismissed, or removed or declared surplus on account of the introduction of the system of higher secondary education or whose services are otherwise terminated;

(e) "manager of college" means a person or body of persons in charge or control of the management of a college and recognised as such by the University to which such colleges affiliated ;

(f) "notified order" means an order published in the Official Gazette;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under section 17 ;

(h) "relevant University" in relation to a college means the University to which such college is affiliated ;

(i) "relevant University Act" means the Gujarat University Act, 1949, the Sardar Patel University Act, 1955, the South Gujarat University Act, 1965, the Saurashtra University Act, 1965, 2[***] the Bhavnagar University Act, 1978 3[or, as the case may be, 4[the Hemachandracharya North Gujarat University Act, 1986]]

(j) "Tribunal" means the Gujarat Affiliated Colleges Services Tribunal constituted under section 3,