Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "Direct recruitment" means recruitment to the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II by competitive examination conducted by the Orissa Public Service Commission in accordance with the provisions of the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II (Appointment by Competitive Examination) Regulation, 1959;

(b) "Government" means the Government of Orissa; and

(c) "Merger recruits" means the officers in the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II who had initially been members of the Orissa Subordinate Administrative Service and were inducted into the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II by merger of the Orissa Subordinate Administrative service with the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II (Junior Branch), in accordance with the policy laid down by Government resolution in the erstwhile Political and Services Department No. 363-Gen., dated the 7th January, 1972 and integration of the Orissa Administrative Service, Class-II (Junior Branch) and the reconstituted Orissa Administrative Service, Class II (Senior Branch) into the Orissa Administrative Service, Class II in accordance with the policy laid down in Government resolution in erstwhile Political and Services Department No. 19468-Gen., dated the 21st December, 1973, excluding those officers who were recruited to the Orissa Administrative Services, Class II by promotion for the recruitment years 1970 and 1971.