22A. Definitions. —In this Chapter and for the purposes of sections 22 and 23, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(a) “Permanent Lok Adalat” means a Permanent Lok Adal at established under sub-section ( 1) of section22B;
(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, in the public interest, by notification, declare to be a public utility service for the purposes of th is Chapter.