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warden

warden [Anglo-French wardein gardein guardian, from warder garder to guard, protect] 1 : an official charged with special supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specified laws or regulations [a game ] 2 : an official in charge of the operation of a prison ...

Group A, B, C and D posts

Group A, B, C and D posts, means the post under the Government classified as group A, B, C and D posts by Government order, from time to time. [The Maharashtra Government Servants Regula-tion of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act, 2005, s. 2(c)]...

Purporting to be done

Purporting to be done, connotes that the act was such as could ordinarily be done by the person in the ordinary course of his official duty, and the person doing it reasonably considered himself to be doing it, within his capacity as such, Shyam Manohar v. Fourth Additional District and Sessions Judge, AIR 1978 All 238.Purporting to be done, under the Act will not include an act which is wholly outside the provisions of the Act and thus, ultra vires, Municipal Committee v. Meghraj, AIR 1966 MP 104....

Government servant

Government servant, means a government servant or employee as defined in r. 2(b) of the Maharashtra Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1979, and shall include the All-India Service Officers and Em-ployers (other than the Judicial officers) under the administrative control of the judiciary, The Maharashtra Government Servants Regulation of Transfers and Prevention of Delay in Discharge of Official Duties Act, 2005, s. 2(f)....

Executory

Executory, performing official duties; contingent; also personal estate of a deceased; whatever may be executed.Taking full effect at a future time, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 592....

Recorder

One who records specifically a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions...

police

police po·liced po·lic·ing : to control, regulate, or keep in order esp. as an official duty [ the area] n pl: police 1 : the control and regulation of affairs affecting the order and welfare of a political unit and its citizens 2 a : the department of a government or other institution that maintains order and safety and enforces laws b : police force c pl : the members of a police force ...

oath

oath 1 : a solemn attestation of the truth of one's words or the sincerity of one's intentions ;specif : one accompanied by calling upon a deity as a witness 2 : a promise (as to perform official duties faithfully) corroborated by an oath compare perjury under oath : under a solemn and esp. legal obligation to tell the truth (as when testifying) ...

misprision

misprision [Anglo-French, error, wrongdoing, from Old French, from mesprendre to make a mistake, from mes- wrongly + prendre to take, from Latin prehendere to seize] 1 : neglectful or wrongful performance of an official duty 2 : a clerical error in a legal proceeding that can be corrected in a summary proceeding 3 : the concealment of a treason or felony and failure to report it to the prosecuting authorities by a person who has not committed it [ of felony] [ of treason] ...

misfeasance

misfeasance [Anglo-French misfesance, from Middle French mesfaire to do wrong, from mes- wrongly + faire to make, do, from Latin facere] : the performance of a lawful action in an illegal or improper manner ;specif : the performance of an official duty in an improper or unlawful manner or with an improper or corrupt motive compare malfeasance, nonfeasance ...

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