District Administration

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

There are 33 district in Tamil Nadu

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION STRUCTURE:
District Collector:
•    District Collector looks after or controlled by the administration of each district, who is appointed from the Indian Administrative Services (IAS).
•    District Collector is responsible for the Administration of the whole district.
•    His important functions:
      1.    Maintain law and order in the district
      2.    Collection of land revenue and the general development of the district
•  He is assisted by District Revenue Officer, Revenue Official and Block Development Officers and other official in other departments.

NOTE:
•    States are Divided into District
•    Each district is divided into Taluks
•    Each taluks is again divided into small units called Firka and there are several Village in each 'Firka'.

Revenue Department:
•    In addition to the collection of land revenue, this department looks after the general administration of the district.
•    Next to District Collector, the District Revenue Officer (DRO) looks after the functions of the Revenue Department in the District level.
•    In each Taluk, the Tashildhar remains the head of the revenue department. He is assisted by Deputy Tashildhar.
•    Revenue inspector is appointed in each Firka.
•    Village administrative Officer (VAO) looks after the revenue department of the village level.
•    In addition to the collection of land revenue. he looks after the law and order problems in the village under his control.

District Police Administration:
•    District Superintendent of Police remains the head of the district Police Administration. Next to him there are Deputy Superintendent of Police.
•    Police station have been setup in important town and other places of the districts.
•    Police Officer in the cadre of Inspector, Sub Inspector, Head Constable and Constables have been appointed in this Police Station.

DISTRICT JUDICIARY
District Sessions Court:
•    Each District is provided with District Sessions Court the District Judge presides over it.
Functions:
•    The important function of this court is to enquire into the crimes committed within the district and to punish the culprit.
Additional Sessions Court:
•    In the other parts of the district to enquire petty crimes.
District Civil Court
•    The civil cases within the district are brought before District Civil Courts, which is presided over by District Munsif.
Functions:
•    It hears the civil disputes pertaining to land and Properties and pass judgment over them.