A sub-divisional magistrate, also known as assistant collector, sub collector, assistant commissioner, sub-divisional officer (civil), or revenue divisional officer, is an administrative officer of a sub-division within an Indian district, exercising executive, revenue, and magisterial duties. The specific name depends on the state or union territory. Their primary responsibilities include revenue collection, maintaining law and order, overseeing developmental activities and coordinating various departments within a sub-division.[1][2][3]
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. Registration of Property documents, sale deeds, power of attorneys, share certificates and all other documents which need to be compulsorily registered as per law is made at Sub Registrar's Office which are nine in numbers. Deputy Commissioners are Registrars for their respective districts and exercise supervisory control over the Sub Registrars.[4]
Maintenance of law and orderedit
Assistant Collector cum Sub Divisional Magistrates exercise powers of Executive Magistrates. In this role they are responsible for operating preventive Sections of Code of Criminal Procedure.[5] They also carry out enquiries in cases of unnatural deaths of women within seven years of marriage and issue directions to the Police for registration of case, if required.
Sub Divisional Magistrates are empowered to conduct enquiries into custodial deaths including deaths in Police Lock Up, Jails, Women Homes etc. The Officers of this Department are also expected to act as eyes and ears of the Government and conduct enquiries into all major accidents including major fires incidents, riots and natural calamities etc.[6]
Disaster managementedit
This department is given the primary responsibility for relief and rehabilitation operations in any calamity whether natural or man-made. It is also responsible for coordinating and implementing disaster management plan for natural and chemical disasters and awareness generation programme on disaster preparedness is being carried out with the assistance of United Nations Development
Nomenclatureedit
The term "Sub Divisional Magistrate" (SDM) is used in some states of India to refer to a government official who is responsible for revenue administration and other related functions at the sub-divisional level. However, the nomenclature and role of SDMs may vary from state to state. Here are some of the different names of SDMs in Indian states:
Assistant Collector - In some states such as Gujarat and Maharashtra, the SDM is known as Assistant Collector.[7][8]
Assistant Commissioner (AC)- In Karnataka, the SDM is known as Assistant Commissioner cum Sub Divisional Magistrate.[9]
Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) - This term is used in states such as Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir.[11]
Sub Collector - In some states such as Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala the SDM is referred to as Sub Collector.[12][13][14][15]
Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) - In some states such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu. the sub collector is also known as Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO).[16][17][18]
When a state cadre or Kerala Administrative Service (KAS) officer is the officer in charge of a revenue division, the same post is also called Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO). RDO has the same function, role and responsibilities as SDM.
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January 01, 1970
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A sub divisional magistrate also known as assistant collector sub collector assistant commissioner sub divisional officer civil or revenue divisional officer is an administrative officer of a sub division within an Indian district exercising executive revenue and magisterial duties The specific name depends on the state or union territory Their primary responsibilities include revenue collection maintaining law and order overseeing developmental activities and coordinating various departments within a sub division 1 2 3 Sub divisional magistrateFlag of IndiaSub Divisional Office BangaonStatusActiveMember ofIndian Administrative ServiceState Administrative ServicesReports toDistrict magistrateDistrict collectorDeputy commissionerAppointerPresident of India IAS Governor state services Constituting instrumentCode of Criminal Procedure India This is the post to which officers of the Indian Administrative Service or state administrative services are first appointed after training These officers are subordinate to a district magistrate district collector or deputy commissioner who serves as the administrative head of a district The judicial powers of a sub divisional magistrate are drawn from the Criminal Procedure Code 1973 1 2 3 Contents 1 Functions 1 1 Collection of land and canal revenue 1 2 Maintenance of law and order 1 3 Disaster management 2 Nomenclature 3 See also 4 ReferencesFunctions editCollection of land and canal revenue edit 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 amp 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 Registration of Property documents sale deeds power of attorneys share certificates and all other documents which need to be compulsorily registered as per law is made at Sub Registrar s Office which are nine in numbers Deputy Commissioners are Registrars for their respective districts and exercise supervisory control over the Sub Registrars 4 Maintenance of law and order edit Assistant Collector cum Sub Divisional Magistrates exercise powers of Executive Magistrates In this role they are responsible for operating preventive Sections of Code of Criminal Procedure 5 They also carry out enquiries in cases of unnatural deaths of women within seven years of marriage and issue directions to the Police for registration of case if required Sub Divisional Magistrates are empowered to conduct enquiries into custodial deaths including deaths in Police Lock Up Jails Women Homes etc The Officers of this Department are also expected to act as eyes and ears of the Government and conduct enquiries into all major accidents including major fires incidents riots and natural calamities etc 6 Disaster management edit This department is given the primary responsibility for relief and rehabilitation operations in any calamity whether natural or man made It is also responsible for coordinating and implementing disaster management plan for natural and chemical disasters and awareness generation programme on disaster preparedness is being carried out with the assistance of United Nations DevelopmentNomenclature editThe term Sub Divisional Magistrate SDM is used in some states of India to refer to a government official who is responsible for revenue administration and other related functions at the sub divisional level However the nomenclature and role of SDMs may vary from state to state Here are some of the different names of SDMs in Indian states Assistant Collector In some states such as Gujarat and Maharashtra the SDM is known as Assistant Collector 7 8 Assistant Commissioner AC In Karnataka the SDM is known as Assistant Commissioner cum Sub Divisional Magistrate 9 Sub Divisional Officer SDO This is the term used for SDMs in many states such as West Bengal Bihar Jharkhand Assam Mizoram Nagaland etc 10 Sub Divisional Magistrate SDM This term is used in states such as Haryana Punjab Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan Madhya Pradesh Gujarat and Jammu and Kashmir 11 Sub Collector In some states such as Andhra Pradesh Odisha Telangana Tamil Nadu and Kerala the SDM is referred to as Sub Collector 12 13 14 15 Revenue Divisional Officer RDO In some states such as Kerala and Tamil Nadu the sub collector is also known as Revenue Divisional Officer RDO 16 17 18 dd When a state cadre or Kerala Administrative Service KAS officer is the officer in charge of a revenue division the same post is also called Revenue Divisional Officer RDO RDO has the same function role and responsibilities as SDM See also editAdministrative division Table of administrative country subdivisions by countryReferences edit a b Roles and responsibilities of a SDM Jagran josh a b Supreme court refuses to put restraint on CrPC 144 from time to time The Hindu a b Who is a SDM salary and other facilities hindi asianet news SDM in administrative setup Background of section 144 A vestige of colonial rule thehindu com Executive Magistrate s powers SDM and DM under CrPC 144 prohibitory orders The Indian Express Subdivision Nashik District Government of Maharashtra India Retrieved 2023 05 25 West Bengal 13 IAS Officers Posted As Assistant Collectors in Districts Retrieved 2023 05 25 Puttur subdivision gets new assistant commissioner www daijiworld com Retrieved 2023 05 25 Desk Sentinel Digital 2023 05 25 New Sub Divisional Officer C of Sadiya takes charge Sentinelassam www sentinelassam com Retrieved 2023 05 25 PTI 2021 09 01 Karnal SDM Ayush Sinha who ordered cops to break heads of farmers transferred ThePrint Retrieved 2023 05 25 15 sub collectors in 9 years Why Devikulam is witness to politico vs bureaucrat tussle OnManorama Retrieved 2023 05 25 Sub Collector Revenue Divisional Office Kancheepuram District Government of Tamilnadu City of Thousand Temples India Retrieved 2023 05 25 IAS officer who jumped quarantine reinstated Alappuzha sub collector The New Indian Express Retrieved 2023 05 25 Pranjal Patil first visually challenged woman IAS officer takes over as Sub Collector of Thiruvananthapuram The Hindu 2019 10 14 ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 2023 05 25 Revenue Divisions 2 District Thiruvananthapuram Government of Kerala India Retrieved 2023 05 25 Taliparamba now has a full fledged RDO The Hindu 2019 03 06 ISSN 0971 751X Retrieved 2023 05 25 Revenue Administration Ariyalur District Government of Tamil Nadu Land of Cements India Retrieved 2023 05 25 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sub divisional magistrate amp oldid 1185540843, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, 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