Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "actual vacancy" means a post not occupied by any teacher, considered as vacant; (b) "Appointing Authority" means the authority who is competent to make appointments in each cadre of Teachers; (c) "Competent Authority" means the Administrative Secretary of the Department of School Education; (d) "Department" means the Department of School Education; (e) "Disadvantageous Area" means all schools situated in the border districts i.e. Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Ferozepur, Fazilka, Pathankot and Tarn Taran and the educational blocks, where twenty per cent or more posts of Teachers remained vacant during recruitment year; (f) "Government" means the Government of Punjab in the Department of School Education; (g) "initial appointment" means an appointment of person by way of direct recruitment to the post of Teacher; (h) "recruitment year" means a calendar year in which the process of recruitment of Teachers is initiated; (i) "School" means any Government run Primary including Pre-primary section, Middle, High and Senior Secondary School or any training institution situated in the State; (j) "State" means the State of Punjab; (k) "Teacher" means a person holding the post of Pre-primary School Teacher, Elementary Trained Teacher (ETT), Head Teacher (HT), Centre Head Teacher (CHT), Master or Mistress of different subjects, Sikhiya Provider or Education Providers or Education Volunteers, Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) Volunteers, Alternative and Innovative Education (AIE) Volunteers, Special Training Resource (STR) Volunteers, Lecturer of various subjects and Vocational Lecturer and Vocational Master or Mistress; and (l) "transfer" means a transfer of a Teacher made by the appointing authority from one place to another place.