Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

1. (a) "Adhakshya" means an Adhakshya of a Zilla Panchayat elected under sub-section

1. (1) of section 45;
   • (b) "auditor" means an auditor appointed under section 78 and includes any officer authorised by him to perform all or any of the functions of an auditor.
   • (c) "District Collector" means the Collector of the district;
   • (d) "Deputy Development Officer-cum -Planning Officer" means the Deputy Development Officer-cum-Planning Officer of the district appointed by the State Government;
   • (e) "Gram" means any village or part of a village or group of adjoining villages or parts thereof declared by the State Government to be a Gram under subsection
2. (1) of section 3;
   • (f) "Gram Panchayat" means a Gram Panchayat constituted under sub-section
     • (I) of section 6;
   • (g) "notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
   • (h) "prescribed authority" means an authority appointed by the State Government by notification, for all or any of the purposes of this Act;
     • (i) "Sabhapati" means a Sabhapati of a Gram Panchayat elected under sub-section
     • (I) of section 10;
   • (j) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Rural Development Department and includes an Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary of that Department;
   • (k) 'Upadhakshya" means an Upadhakshya of a Zilla Panchayat elected under sub-section
3. (1) of section 45;
   • (l) "Up-Sabhapati" means an Up-Sabhapati of a Gram Panchayat elected under sub-section
     • (I) of section 10;
   • (m) "Zilla Panchayat" means a Zilla Panchayat of a district constituted under subsection.
4. (1) of section 42.