Section 2 in The Indian Postal Service (Group 'A') Rules, 1987
2. Definitions.
- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:-(a)"Commission" means the Union Public Service commission(b)"Department Promotion Committee", in relation to any grade, means a committee specified there against in column (3) or, as the case may be, column (4) of schedule III to these rules,(c)"Examination" means a combined competitive Examination consisting of a preliminary examination and a main examination for recruitment to the Service and such other Services as may be specified by the government from time to time,(d)"Government" means the central Government;(e)"Grade" means any of the grades specified in sub-rule (1) of rule 3;(f)"Regular Service" in relation to any grade means the period or periods of service in the grade rendered after selection according to the prescribed procedure for long-term appointment to that grade and includes any period or periods:-(i)during which an officer would have held that grade but for his being on leave or on training or on foreign assignment;(ii)taken into account for purposes of seniority in the case of these appointed at the initial constitution of the Service;(g)"Scheduled Castes" and "Scheduled Tribes" shall have the same meanings as are assigned to them by clauses (24) and (25) respectively of article 366 if the constitution;(h)"Service" means the Indian Postal Service, Group 'A'Part-II Composition, initial constitution and future maintenance of the service
