section 2
Definitions
The Telangana Scheduled Castes (Rationalisation of Reservations) Act, 2025General20258 sections
Statutory text
- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -
- (a) "Educational Institution" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in clause
- (c) of section 2 of the Telangana Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission and Prohibition of Capitation Fee) Act, 1983;
- (b) "Government" means the State Government of Telangana;
- (c) "Prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
- (d) "Public Service" means, services in any office or establishment of,-
- (i) the Government;
- (ii) a local authority, i.e.,
- (A) a Gram Panchayat or a Mandal Parishad or a Zilla Parishad established under the Telangana Panchayat Raj Act, 2018; and
- (B) a Municipality or Municipal Corporation constituted under the Telangana Municipalities Act, 2019 or any other relevant law, for the time being in force relating to Municipal Corporations;
- (iii) a corporation or undertaking wholly owned or controlled by the Government;
- (iv) a corporate body established by the State Government under any law made by the Legislature of the State whether incorporated or not including a university; and
- (v) any other body or authority established by the State Government or by a Society registered under any law relating to the registration of Societies for the time being in force and receiving funds from the Government either fully or partly for its maintenance or any educational institution, whether registered or not, but receiving aid from the Government;
- (e) "Rule of Reservation" means any rule or provision, for reservation of appointments or posts in public service in the special rules applicable to any particular service or the General Rules of the Telangana State and Subordinate Service Rules, as the case may be or any rule or provision for reservation of seats in the rules or instruction for admission into educational institutions, as the case may be, in favour of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes or Backward Classes or Women;
- (f) "Scheduled Castes" shall have the same meaning assigned to it in clause
- (24) of article 366 of the Constitution of India read with PART XXV of the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 (C.O.19) as amended by the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 in relation to the State of Telangana, as amended from time to time;
- (2) The words and expressions used in the Act, but not defined, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Telangana General Clauses Act, 1891 or other relevant Acts.
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