THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF EACH DISTRICT WHO IS ALSO THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR, IS THE HEAD OF THE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION AND TOO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LAW AND ORDER BESIDES ALL-ROUND DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES AND ELECTIONS.

The Deputy Commissioner of the each district has an office, who is also the District Collector, known as the Collectorate. The Deputy Commissioner has directly under him the Additional Deputy commissioner who servises rhe Rural development including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act/Scheme and too responsible for the regulatory matters, Sub -Divisional officers (Civil) , Assistant Commissioners, the district revenue officer, the Tehsildars, the Naib Tehsildars and other revenue officers, each of whom exercises revenue and the executive powers within his defined jurisdiction. The Deputy Commissioner is the Head of the District administration and too responsible for the law and order besides all-round developmental activities and the elections. The role of the Deputy commissioner and his Collectorate includes:-- (1) Overall control of the magistracy and the police for the law and order and regulation of activities in relation to law and the order. ;(2) Conduct of the elections ;(3) Rural development and MGNREGA and the employment programme administration. (4) Administration of the relief from the natural calamities;(5) Land administration including the land records, resolution of the land disputes, acquisition and the management of lands, implementation of the land reforms etc;(6) Regulation of activities involving the public good such as transport, food and supplies etc;(7) Coordination in all of the above matters with various district offices and in respect of all matters generally involving the Government at the district level which is not purely the subject matter of one department.