Sub-divisional magistrate
the head of a revenue division or subdivison or subdistrict
A Sub-Divisional Magistrate, also known as Sub-Divisional officer, assistant collector, sub collector, revenue divisional officer, or assistant commissioner, is the administrative head of a sub-division in an Indian district, exercising executive, revenue, and magisterial duties. The specific name depends on the state or union territory. The primary responsibilities include land revenue collection, land revenue administration, disaster management, election, maintaining law and order, overseeing developmental activities and coordinating various departments within a sub-division.
The post is held by officers of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), and sometimes, by officers of state administrative services. These officers are subordinate to a district magistrate, also known as district collector or deputy commissioner, who serves as the administrative head of a district. The magisterial powers of a sub-divisional magistrate are drawn from the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Functions
Collection of land and canal revenue
It involves maintenance of land records, conduct of revenue cases, carrying out of demarcation and mutations, settlement operations and functioning as custodian of public land. They are primarily responsible for day to day revenue management (land and canal). The subordinate revenue staff consisting of revenue assistants (land & canal) supervised by revenue inspectors (land and canal) who are in turn supervised by revenue circle officers (land and canal) who are involved in field level revenue activities and mutations. They are also empowered to issue various kinds of statutory certificates including SC/ST and OBC, Domicile, Nationality etc.
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