Definition

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, —

1. (a) “Administrative Department” means any Department of the State Government that is assigned with the business of supervision, regulation, administration and management of the State Public Universities and includes any authority or body to whom such functions may be delegated by the State Government through notification;
2. (b) "Appropriate Authority" means the Administrative Department under which the State Public University is functioning, or such other authority as the State Government may, by notification, specify in this behalf;
3. (c) "Direct Recruitment" means the process of appointing faculty by inviting applications through public advertisement from persons eligible to teach in a State Public University;
4. (d) "faculty" means the faculty of a State Public University;
5. (e) "Sanctioned strength" means the number of posts in the Teachers’ Cadre sanctioned by the Appropriate Authority;
6. (f) “Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes" means such Castes and Tribes as notified by the President of India, from time to time, under Articles 341 and 342 of the Constitution of India respectively;
7. (g) "SEBC" means Backward Classes of citizens as defined in clause (a) of section 2 of the Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes Act, 1993 ;
8. (h) “State” means State of Odisha;
   • (i) “State Government” means the Government of Odisha ;
9. (j) “State Public University” means a University established or incorporated by or under an Act of the State Legislature and maintained by or receiving aid from the State Government; and
10. (k) "Teachers’ Cadre" means the teachers of a State Public University, regardless of the branch of study or faculty, who are remunerated at the same grade of pay, excluding any allowance or bonus.