3. Definitions.
(1) In these rules, unless the context other wise requires.
(a) “Act” means the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985);
(b) “Administrative Member” means a Member of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Administrative Tribunal for a State or, as the case may be, of a Joint Administrative Tribunal for two or more States established under the Act who is not Judicial Member within the meaning of clause (i) of Section 3;
(c) “Chairman” means a Chairman of a Tribunal and includes a Vice-Chairman authorised to act as the Chairman in accordance with Section 7; (d) “Comittee” means the comittee refered to in sub-rule (2) of rule 4;
(e) “Judge” means a sitting Judge of the Supreme Court appointed by the President under sub-rule (2) of Rule 5 to conduct the inquiry;
(f) “Judicial Member” means a Member of a Tribunal appointed as such under the Act, and includes the Chairman or a Vice-Chairman who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section (3) of Section 6;
(g) “Member” means a Member (whether Judicial or Administrative) of a ‘Tribunal, and includes a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman; (h) “Section” means a Section of the Ace;
(i) “Tribunal” means the Central Administrative Tribunal or a State Administrative Tribunal or a Joint Administrative Tribunal established under the Act; (j) “Vice -Chairman” means a Vice-Chairman of a Tribunal.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 (13 of 1985) shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act.
