Departmental inquiries to which the Act shall apply.- The provisions of this

Act shall apply to every departmental inquiry made in relation to, -

1. (a) persons appointed to public services or posts in connection with the affairs of the State of Karnataka;
2. (b) persons who, having been appointed to any public service or post in connection with the affairs of the State of Karnataka, are in the service or pay of,-
   • (i) any local authority in the State of Karnataka;
   • (ii) any corporation established by or under a Central Act and owned or controlled by the Central Government;
   • (iii) any corporation established by or under a Central Act or Karnataka Act and owned or controlled by the Government of Karnataka;
   • (iv) any Government company within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Central Act 1 of 1956) in which not less than fifty-one percent of the paid up share capital is held by the State Government or any company which is a subsidiary of such Government company;
   • (v) any society registered under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 (Karnataka Act 17 of 1960) which is subject to the control of the State Government.
   • (vi) any society registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959

(Karnataka Act 11 of 1959).