Section 2. (a)

"Appellate Authority" means an officer or functionary of the State Government
or Organisation, as the case may be, or such officer or functionary, superior to the
Designated Authority in rank and post, as may from time to time be notified under
section 13, as such by an order by the State Government or by the Organisation for
the purposes of the Act, in order to admit appeals against the orders of the
Designated Authority as provided in the Act;