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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Appellate Authority" means the Authority as mentioned in section 5; (b) "Backward Classes" means any Socially and Educationally Backward Classes as defined in clause(e) of section 2 of the Odisha Reservation of Posts and Services (for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes) Act, 2008 and includes Other Backward Classes declared by Government of India in relation to the State of Odisha ; (c) "Caste Certificate" means the certificate issued by the Competent Authority to an applicant indicating therein the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe or Backward Class, as the case may be, to which such applicant belongs; (d) "Competent Authority" meansanOfficer or authority authorised by the Government, by notification, to issue Caste Certificate, for such area or for such purposes as may be specified in the said notification and shall include ali the Competent Authorities already designated by the Government before the commencement of this Act, having jurisdiction over the area or place to which the applicant originally belongs, unless specified otherwise; (e) "Government" means the Government of Odisha ; (f) "Local Authority" means Grama Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Zilla Parishad.and also includes a Municipality or Municipal Corporation or such other body legally entitled to function as local authority by the Government; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (h) "public sector undertaking" means a Government Company as defined in section 617 of the vompanies Act, 1956 or any Corporation established by or under any Central or State Act; (1)"reserved category" meanscategory of persons either belonging to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe or Backward Class; (J) "Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the meanings, respectively, assigned to them in clause (24) and clause (25) of article 366 of the Constitution of India; and Odisha Act 6 of