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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) “appointed by transfer” means appointment of a member of a service from one category to another category in the same service carrying identical 2 [ levels of pay in the pay matrix]; (b) “appointed to a service” means when a person appointed in accordance with this Act or in accordance with the rules applicable at the time, as the case may be, discharges, for the first time the duties of a post borne on the cadre of such service or commences the probation, instruction or training prescribed for members thereof. Short title and Commence- ment. Application Definitions. Explanation.— The appointment of a person holding a post borne on the cadre of one service to hold additional charge of a higher post in the same service or a post borne on the cadre of another service or to discharge the current duties thereof does not amount to appointment to the latter service; (c) “approved candidate” means a candidate whose name appears in an authoritative list of candidates approved for appointment to any service, class or category; (d) “approved probationer” means member of a service, class or category, who has satisfactorily completed his probation and awaits appointment as a full member of such service, class or category; (e) “Arunthathiyars” means the castes, Arunthathiyar, Chakkiliyan, Madari, Madiga, Pagadai, Thoti and Adi Andhra within the list of 76 Scheduled Castes notified by the President of India under Article 341 of the Constitution by the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950; (f) “Backward Classes” means the communities specified as Backward Classes, Backward Class Muslims, Most Backward Classes and Denotified Communities in Parts A, B, C and D respectively, of Schedule-I.