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Definition :

Operator, means a person employed directly or by or through any agency (including a contractor, whether as a regular worker or as a casual worker, with or without the knowledge of the principal employer, whether for remuneration or not, in the operation or cleaning of any dangerous machine or any part thereof or in any other kind of work incidental to, or connected with, the operation or cleaning of any dangerous machine or any part thereof. [Dangerous Machines (Regulation) Act, 1983 (35 of 1983), s. 3(k)]

Operator is defined by s. 2(b) of the Act as amended by Act 4 of 1973 as the owner or the person having possession or control of the vehicle and includes any person whose name is entered in the permit as the holder thereof. This definition is wide enough to include the appellant-company who was owner of the vehicles and on the date of the notice of demand it had further possession and control of the vehicles, Sundaram Finance Ltd. v. Regional Passport Officer, 1992 Supp (2) SCC 436: AIR 1992 SC 117; see also State of Maharashtra v. Sundaram Finance, (1999) 9 SCC 1. [Kerala Motor Vehicles (Taxation of Passengers and Goods) Act, 1963, s. 2(b) as amended by Kerala Act 4 of 1973]

Means a person engaged by the developer for providing infrastructure facilities, amenities and services in the zone. [Gujarat Special Economic Zone Act, 2004, s. 2(i)]

Means a person engaged by the developer for providing infrastructure or amenity in whole or in any part of the zone. [Rajasthan Special Economic Zone Development Act, 2004, s. 2(i)]