Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Establishment" means any office of the Government or of a local authority or a statutory body constituted under any Act of the State Legislature for the time being in force, or a company or a corporation or a co-operative society in which not less than fifty-one percent of the paid-up share capital is held by the State Government or any university established or incorporated by or under an Act of the State Legislature or a work-charged establishment, daily wage workers or temporary employees appointed in such office, department, local authority, statutory body, public sector undertaking or university, as the case may be; (b) "Other Backward Classes" means the Other Backward Classes of citizens as specified by the State Government for the purposes of the State; (c) "Scheduled Castes" means the Scheduled Castes specified in relation to the State of Madhya Pradesh under Article 341 of the Constitution of India; (d) "Scheduled Tribes" means the Scheduled Tribes specified in relation to the State of Madhya Pradesh under Article 342 of the Constitution of India; (e) "Appointing Authority" in relation to an establishment means the authority empowered to make appointment to any post or service in such establishment.