(c) "continuous service" means continuous service as defined in section 2A;] — The PAYMENT OF GRATUITY ACT, 1972

1 [(c) "continuous service" means continuous service as defined in section 2A;] (d) "controlling authority' means an authority appointed by the appropriate Government under section 3; (e) "employee" means any person (other than an apprentice) employed on wages, 2 [***] in any establishment, factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port, railway company or shop to do any skilled, semi-skilled, or unskilled, manual, supervisory, technical or clerical work, whether the terms of such person is employment are express or implied, 3 [and whether or not such person is employed in a managerial or administrative capacity, but does not include any such person who holds a post under the Central Government or a State Government and is governed by any other Act or by any rules providing for payment of gratuity]. 4 [* * *] (f) "employer" means, in relation to any establishment, factory, mine, oil-field, plantation, port, railway company or shop- (i) belonging to, or under the control of, the Central Government or a State Government a person or authority appointed by the appropriate government for the supervision and control of employees, or where no person or authority has been so appointed, the head of the Ministry or Department concerned, (ii) belonging to, or under the control of, any local authority, the person appointed by such authority for the supervision and control of employees or where no person has been so appointed, the chief executive officer of the local authority, (iii) in any other case, the person, who, or the authority which, has the ultimate control over the affairs of the establishment, factory, mine, oilfield, plantation, port, railway company or shop, and where the said affairs are entrusted to any other person, whether called a manager, managing director or by any other name, such person;

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