Definitions - Section 22A

In this Chapter and for the purposes of sections22 and 23, unless the context otherwise requires,--

(a) "Permanent Lok Adalat" means a Permanent Lok Adalatestablished under sub-section (1) of section 22B;

(b) "public utility service" means any--

(i) transport service for the carriage of passengers or goods by air, road or water; or

(ii) postal, telegraph or telephone service;or

(iii) supply of power, light or water to the public by any establishment; or

(iv) system of public conservancy or sanitation;or (v) service in hospital or dispensary; or (vi) insurance service,

and includes any service which the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be, may, in the public interest, by notification,declare to be a public utility service for the purposes of this Chapter.