DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF DISTRICT LEVEL ADMINISTRATION AND THE REGIONAL, DIVISIONAL AND ZONAL OFFICES

Every Deputy Commissioner is Head of the respective District administration and is responsible for the law and order besides all round developmental activities and elections. The role of Deputy commissioner and his Collectorate includes (1) Overall control of the magistracy and the police for law and order and regulation of activities in relation to law and order. (2) Conduct of elections (3) Rural Development and Employment programme administration (4) Administration of relief from the natural calamities (5) Land administration including land records, resolution of land disputes, acquisition and management of lands, implementation of 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 of the one department. Each district has an office of the Deputy Commissioner, who is also the district collector known as the Collectorate. The Deputy Commissioner has directly under him the additional deputy commissioner who supervises rural development, the Additional District Magistrate who is generally responsible for regulatory matters, Sub Divisional officers (Civil) , Assistant Commissioners, the District revenue officer, the Tehsildars, the Naib Tehsildars and other revenue officers, each of whom ⛹revenue and executive powers within his defined jurisdiction (B) Some Departments have their Regional/Divisional / Zonal level offices, which are above the District level offices and below the Heads of the department. They coordinate the activities of the region/division/zone level of the department and exercise control over the officers/officials employed within the Districts under their jurisdiction.