Definitions In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires: (e) 'reporting authority ' means the authority who was, during the period for which the confidential report is written, immediate ly superior to the member of the Service and such other authority as may be specifically empowered in this behalf by the Government; (f) 'reviewing authority ' means the authority who was, 1035 during the period for which the confidential report is written, immediately superior to the reporting authority and such other authority as may be specifically empowered in this behalf by the Government; (a) 'accepting authority ' means the authority who was, during the period for which the confidential report is written, immediate ly superior to the reviewing authority and such other authority as may be specifically empowered in this behalf by the Government;" In this connection, it may be pointed out that it is not disputed that the conjunction 'and ' occurring in clauses (e), (f) and (a) should be read as 'or '.