law: The Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985
  3. Definitions. -
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise
  
  requires, -
    (a) "Administrative Member", means a
  
  Member of a Tribunal who is not a Judicial Member within the meaning of clause
  
  (i); 
    (aa) "Administrative Tribunal", in
  
  relation to a State or, as the case may be, the Joint Administrative Tribunal
  
  for that State and any other State or States; 
  (b) "application" means an application
  
  made under section 19; 
  (c) "appointed day" in relation to a
  
  Tribunal, means the date with effect from which it is established, by
  
  notification, under section 4; 
  (d) "appropriate Government" means,
  
  -
  (i) in relation to the
  
  Central Administrative Tribunal or a Joint Administrative Tribunal, the Central
  
  Government; 
  (ii) in relation to a
  
  State Administrative Tribunal, the State Government; 
  (e) "Bench" means a Bench of a
  
  Tribunal; 
  (f) "Central Administrative
  
  Tribunal" means the Administrative Tribunal established under sub-section
  
  (1) of section 4; 
  (g) "Chairman" means the Chairman of
  
  a Tribunal; 
  (h) "Joint Administrative Tribunal"
  
  means an Administrative Tribunal for two or more States established under
  
  sub-section (3) of section 4; 
  (i) "Judicial Member" means a Member
  
  of a Tribunal appointed as such under this Act, and includes the Chairman or a
  
  Vice-Chairman who possesses any of the qualifications specified in sub-section
  
  (3) of section 6; 
  (i-a) "Member" means a Member
  
  (whether Judicial or Administrative) of a Tribunal, and includes the Chairman
  
  and a Vice-Chairman; 
  (j) "notification" means a
  
  notification published in the Official Gazette; 
  (k) "post" means a post within or
  
  outside India; 
  (l) "prescribed" means prescribed by
  
  rules made under this Act; 
  (m) "President" means the President
  
  of India; 
  (n) Omitted 
  (o) "rules" means rules made under
  
  this Act; 
  (p) "service" means service within
  
  or outside India; 
  (q) "service matters", in relation
  
  to a person, means all matters relating to the conditions of his service in
  
  connection with the affairs of the Union or of any State or of any local or
  
  other authority within the territory of India or under the control of the
  
  Government of India, or, as the case may be, of any corporation or society
  
  owned or controlled by the Government, as respect - 
  (i) remuneration
  
  (including allowances), pension and other retirement benefits; 
  (ii) tenure including
  
  confirmation, seniority, promotion, revision, premature retirement and 
  
  superannuation; 
  (iii) leave of any
  
  kind; 
  (iv) disciplinary
  
  matters; or 
  (v) any other matter
  
  whatsoever; 
  (r) "service rules as to redressal of
  
  grievances in relation to any matter" means the rules, regulations, orders
  
  or other instruments or arrangements as in force for the time being with
  
  respect to redressal, otherwise than under this Act, of any grievances in
  
  relation to such matters; 
  (rr) "Society" means a Society
  
  registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860), or under
  
  any corresponding law for the time being in force in State; 
  (s) "Supreme Court" means the
  
  Supreme Court of India; 
  (t) "Tribunal" means the Central
  
  Administrative Tribunal or a State Administrative Tribunal or a Joint
  
  Administrative Tribunal; 
  (u) "Vice-Chairman" means
  
  Vice-Chairman of a Tribunal. 
  Explanation: In the case of a Tribunal having two
  
  or more Vice-Chairman references to the Vice-Chairman in this Act shall be
  
  construed as a reference to each of those Vice-chairman.