Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "Allotment" means to authorise a person to occupy a house under the provisions of this Act; (b) "Estate Officer" means the Officer-in-charge of Estates to the Government of Uttar Pradesh; (c) "Lucknow" means the area within the jurisdiction of Nagar Nigam Lucknow; (d) "Residence" means a house and its premises under control of the Estate Department; (e) "Officer" means an officer or employee of the State Government and includes a member of All-India Service working under the State Government or a member of judicial service working at Lucknow; (f) "Type" means a type of house as mentioned in section-3; (g) "Rent" means the amount payable by a person on account of occupation of a residence allotted to him; (h) "Trust" means a trust established for social work in the name of renowned person or a trust working for a furtherance of ideals, principles and their social works which is registered under the Indian Trust Act, 1882; (i) "Society" means a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and are working in the field of social welfare and public interest; (j) "Political Party" means a party recognized by the Election Commission of India ; [(k) ** ** ** ** ** ** ** **] 1 (l) "Employees Association" means an Employees Association which is recognized by the State Government and the head quarter of which is at Lucknow; (m) "Journalist" means an editor, a sub-editor or a journalist who has been recognized by Information and Public Relations Department from State headquarter level which is serving at whole time worker and the office of the newspaper of which is at Lucknow; (n) "Unauthorised Occupation" means the unauthorised occupation as defined in the Uttar Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1972 and the Uttar Pradesh Public Premises (Eviction of Certain Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 2010; [(o) "Senior Journalist" means a journalist who has been related in any manner to any national daily News paper/news, T.V. channel for at least fifteen years and has worked as correspondent or has done the written or editing work at senior level;] 2 [(p) "Market Rate" means the rate fixed by the State Government by notification from time to time; (q) "Statutory Commission" means a Commission constituted by the State Government under any Act.] 3