Definition of Public Servant

(13) “Public servant” means a person who is or was at any time- (i) a Government servant; (ii) the Chairman and Vice-Chairman (by whatever name called) or a member of a local authority in the State of Tripura or a statutory body or corporation established by or under any law of the State Legislature, including a co-operative society, or a Government Company within the meaning of section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956 and such other corporations or boards as the State Government may, having regard to its financial interest in such corporations or boards, by notification, from time to time, specify; (iii) member of a Committee or Board, statutory or non-statutory, constituted by the Government; (iv) a person in the service of pay of,- (a) a local authority in the State of Tripura; (b) a statutory body or a corporation (not being a local authority) established by or under a State or Central Act, owned or controlled by the State Government and any other board or Corporation as the State Government may, having regard to its financial interest therein by notification, from time to time, specify; (c) a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 in which not less than fifty one percent of the paid up share capital is held by the State Government, or any company which is a subsidiary of such company; (d) a society registered or deemed to have been registered under the Tripura Societies Registration Act, 1960, which is subject to the control of the State Government and which is notified in this behalf in the Official Gazette; (e) a co-operative Society; (f) a university. Explanation- In this clause, “co-operative society” means a co-operative society registered or deemed to have been registered under the Tripura Cooperative Societies Act, 1974, and “university” means a university established or deemed to be established by or under any law of the State Legislature. Explanation — “Government Servant” means a person who is a member of the Civil Services of the State of Tripura or who holds a civil post or is serving in connection with the affairs of the State of Tripura and includes any such person whose services are temporarily placed at the disposal of the Government of India, the Government of another State, a local authority or any person whether incorporated or not, and also any person in the service of the Central or another State Government or a local or other authority whose services are temporarily placed at the disposal of the Government of Tripura but shall not include officers of Tripura Judicial Service, staffs of High Court and subordinate judiciary.