Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- ( a ) "Chief Commissioner" or "Commissioner" means the State Chief Commissioner for Right to Service or the State Commissioner for Right to Service, as the case may be, appointed under sub-section ( 2 ) of section 13; (b) "Commission" means the Maharashtra State Commission for Right to Service constituted under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 13; ( c ) "Competent Authority" means the Disciplinary Authority or the Controlling Officer, as the case may be; ( d ) "Department" means a Department of the State Government or of a Public Authority, as the case may be; ( e ) "Designated Officer" means an officer who is required to provide public services to the eligible person; ( f ) "Divisional Commissioner" means the Commissioner appointed by the State Government under section 6 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (Mah. XLI of 1966); ( g ) "eligible person" means a person who is eligible for obtaining a public service and also includes a legal person; ( h ) "First Appellate Authority" means an officer appointed by the concerned Public Authority under sub-section ( 1 ) of section 8; (i) "Government" or "State Government" means the Government of Maharashtra; ( j ) "local authority" means any authority, Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Nagar Panchayat, Industrial Township, Planning Authority, Zilla Parishad , Panchayat Samiti and Village Panchayat and other local self-Governments constituted by law; and also includes Development Authorities or other statutory or non-statutory bodies; ( k ) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act; ( l ) "Public Authority" means, ( a ) any Department or authorities of the Government; (b) any organisation or authority or body or corporation or institution or a local authority, established or constituted, (i) by or under the Constitution of India, in the State; ( ii ) by any other law made by the State Legislature; ( iii ) by notification issued by the Government; ( c ) and includes, (i) an institution, a co-operative society, a Government Company or an authority owned, controlled or financed by the State Government; or ( ii ) any non-Governmental organization receiving financial assistance from the State Government; ( m ) "public services" means such services as may be notified by the Public Authority under section 3; ( n ) "right to service" means right of an eligible person to obtain the public services within the stipulated time limit as notified by the Public Authority, from time to time; ( o ) "Second Appellate Authority" means an officer appointed by the concerned Public Authority under sub-section ( 2 ) of section 8; ( p ) "stipulated time limit" means the time limit as notified under section 3 within which the public service is to be provided by the Designated Officer to any eligible person.