Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise,- ( a ) "Appointing Authority" means any local authority or any officer or authority thereof who has powers to appoint the employees in any Local Authority or any department or office thereof ; (b) "Disciplinary Authority" means the Authority competent to impose penalties under the rules or regulations relating to discipline applicable to the employees ; ( c ) "District Marathi Language Committee" means a District Marathi Language Committee constituted in each District under section 5D of the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964 (Mah. V of 1965) ; ( d ) "employee" means any person employed as an employee or officer in the office of the Local Authority and also includes persons employed on contractual basis; ( e ) "Local Authority" means,- (i) Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat , Industrial Township, Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti, Village Panchayat, any other Local Self Government Authority or Planning Authority ; or ( ii ) statutory corporations, Government companies or any authority owned, controlled or financed by the State Government; ( f ) "Marathi" means the Marathi language in Devnagari script which is adopted in the State under the Government Resolutions issued, from time to time ; ( g ) "Marathi Language Officer" means an officer designated as the Marathi Language Officer under section 5 ; ( h ) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules; (i) "State Government" means the Government of Maharashtra; ( j ) "State Marathi Language Committee" means a State Marathi Language Committee constituted under section 5C of the Maharashtra Official Languages Act, 1964 (Mah. V of 1965).