The Deputy Commissioner is the officer in charge of a district. The Assistant Commissioner is placed in charge of a sub-division. The head of the taluk is designated ‘Tahsildar’. Each circle will be in charge of a Revenue Inspector and in a village or in a group of villages there will be a Village Accountant.
Deputy Commissioner’s office
- Land Revenue Section
- Appeals against changes in Record of Rights
- Appeals against various other orders of the lower Revenue authorities
- Re-granting Inam lands since Inams are abolished
- Restoration of Record of Rights
- Recommending to Government for grant of land to institutions
- Recommending to Government for permission to sell granted land
- Recommending to Government for permission to buy agricultural land by institutions
- Grant of Government land to other Government departments
- Land Acquisition
- Conversions of agricultural land to non-agricultural purposes
- Confirmation of lease grants
- Issue of no objection certificate/report for grant of minor minerals
- Magisterial Section
- Grant of Arms License
- Sanction of relief to victims of natural calamities
- Managing the implementation of the (1) housing programme in urban areas; the MP Local Area Development Programme; the Calamity relief public works; Drinking water scarcity relief works
- Implementation of the provisions of the Bonded Labour Systems (Abolition) Act
- Licensing of Cinema theatres
- Licensing of trade in fire crackers and explosives
- Licensing of storage places for Petroleum products
- Exercising the Magisterial powers of the Deputy Commissioner under various provisions of law
- Implementation of National Social Assistance programmes
- Implementation of Vikasini Scheme
- Implementation of Adhara scheme
- Sanction of relief to the victims of hit and run motor accident cases
- Distribution of House sites to site less persons in urban and rural areas.
- Recommending to government for sanction of honorarium to the freedom fighters, and sanction of family pension to the wives of freedom fighters.
- Issue of bus passes to freedom fighters.
- Issue of identity cards to physically handicapped persons.
- Making protocol arrangements and giving hospitality to VIP’s and VVIP visitors to district.
- Establishment Section – Personnel Management in the District Revenue Unit (DRU)
- Sanction of increments, leave, promotion, traveling allowances and training of the personnel
- Disciplinary proceedings against the personnel of the department
- Transfers and deputations of the personnel of the department
- Census
- Audit of expenditure by the District Revenue Unit (DRU)
- Finance and Budget of the offices of the DRU
- Maintenance of all Vehicles in the offices of the DRU
- Compassionate appointments
- Allotment of regularised D.W. employed against vacancies in other departments. (group C and D)
- Maintenance of performance reports of group ‘C’ employed in DRU
- GPF sanctions
- Municipal Section – Managing the offices of Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) in the District
- Approval of plans of the ULBs for 10 Finance Commission,
SJSRY, IDSMT, SFC, N.R.C.P, HUDCO and other schemes - Sanction of leave, promotion, increment etc. of the personnel of the ULBs.
- Audit and inspection of the ULBs
- Approval to works of the ULBs under the above schemes
- Declaration of urban slums
- Conduct of National Festivals
- Religious and Charitable Institutions Section ( MUZRAI)
- Approval of the annual budget of the institutions
- Sanction and payment of the annual tasdeek to these institutions
- Appointment and removal of archakas
- Appointment of the Dharmadarshi Committees
- Approval of works of the institutions
- Approval of auctions etc. conducted by the institutions
- Management of the personnel of these institutions
- Management of the implementation of the Aradhana scheme
- Recommending to the Commissioner of HR & C institutions for sanction various development works
- Dealing of establishment matters belonging to the Muzrai section
- Conducting the annual jatras of Muzrai Institutions.
- Elections Section
- Conduct of Elections to the Parliament, the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayats, Grama (Village) Panchayats, ULBs and any other election
- Publication of District Tender Bulletin
- Food and Civil Supplies
- Issue of Ration cards to consumers. Saffron, green and yellow cards are issued
- Issue of license to fair price shops (FPS)
- Distribution of essential commodities to consumers through FPS
- Issue of license for wholesale food grain shops, rice mills, jaggery making units, etc.