2. Definitions.

(a) "Act" means the Chhattisgarh Municipalities Act, 1961 (No. 37 of 1961);
(b) "Appointing Authority" means State Government in respect to Select Grades, Class I, Class II and Class III Chief Municipal Officers;
(c) "Committee" means a Committee constituted under Rule 13,
(c-i) "Commission" means the State Public Service Commission.
(d) "Director" means Director of Local Bodies, and includes Additional Director;
(d-i) "Disciplinary Authority" means the authority competent under these rules to impose upon a member of the service any of the penalities specified in Rule 31;
(d-ii) "Divisional Commissioner" means the Officer appointed by the State Government under Section 14 of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959;
(e) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;
(f) "Member of the sendee" means a member of the State Municipal Service (Executive);
(g) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to these rules;
(h) "Secretary" means the Secretary' to the Government of Chhattisgarh in the Local Government Department;
(i) "Sendee" means the Municipal Service for the State constituted under sub-section (i) of Section 86 of the Act.
Chapter II
Constitution