GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION             DISTRICT AUTHORITIES

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION

Sub Divisons :

          1.  Jind Sub-Division comprises Jind & Julana Tehsil & Sub-Tehsil Alewa

          2.  Narwana Sub-Division comprising Tehsil  at Narwana & Sub Tehsil Uchana

          3.  Safidon Sub-Division comprises Safidon tehsil & Sub-Tehsil P-Khera..

Tehsils :

            The Jind district consisted of four tehsils, namely, Jind, Narwana, Safidon & Julana. There are 3 towns and 307 villages (303 inhabited and 4 uninhabited). The number of towns, villages (revenue estates) and police stations in each tehsil are as under:-

DISTRICT AUTHORITIES

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER:-

                The general administration of the district is vested  with the Deputy Commissioner, who for administrative purposes, is under the Divisional Commissioner, Hisar. He is at once the Deputy Commissioner, the District Magistrate and the Collector. As Deputy Commissioner, he is the executive head of the district with multifarious responsibilities relating to development, panchayats, local bodies, civil administration, etc. As District Magistrate, he is responsible for law and order and heads the police and prosecuting agency. As Collector, he is the chief Officer of the revenue administration and is responsible for collection of land revenue, and is also the highest revenue judicial authority in the district. He acts as the district Elections Officer and the Registrar for registration work. He exercises over-all supervision on other government agencies in his district. He is, in short, the head of the district administration, a co-ordinating officer among various departments and a connecting link between the public and the government so far as he executes the policies, administers the rules and regulations framed by the government from  time to time .

ADDITIONAL DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

                Additional Deputy Commissioner is the chief executive officer of DRDA.

SDM  & SUB-DIVISIONAL OFFICER ©

            The Sub-divisional Officer(Civil) is the chief civil officer of the Sub-Division. In fact, he is a miniature Deputy Commissioner of his Sub-Division. He possesses adequate powers to co-ordinate work in the sub-division. He exercise direct control over the Tehsildars and their staff. He is competent to correspond directly with government and other departments on routine matters. His main duties, like those of the Deputy Commissioner, include revenue, executive and judicial work. In revenue matters, he is Assistant Collector Ist grade but the powers of Collector have been delegated to him under certain acts.

Tehsildar/ Naib Tehsildar             The Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildar, are the Key officer in the revenue administration and exercise powers of the Assistant Collector 2^nd grade. While deciding partition cases; the Tehsildar assumes the powers of Assistant Collector 1^st  grade. Their main task being revenue collection, the Tehsildar and Naib Tehsildar have to tour extensively in their areas. The revenue record and the crop statistics are also maintained by them

                              The Deputy Commissioner is the Registrar and is responsible for the registration work in the district. The Tehsildars and Naib Tehsildars at Jind, Narwana and Safidon perform the functions of Sub-Registrars and Joint Sub-Registrars respectively 

CITY MAGISTRATE

                He is the chief administrative officer under the deputy commissioner and assists him in all executive and administrative functions. He is not required to do touring in the district but stays at the headquarters to supervise the work of the office. He also functions as the District Electoral officer.

          In addition to the above the General assistant attends to a lot of miscellaneous work as detailed below;

D.D. & P.O.

                He is the principal officer to help the Deputy Commissioner to carry on the community development and welfare programmes. He deals with the following subjects:-

1. Work relating to development
2.  Five Year Plans and local development works.

3.  Panchayat Samitits, Local Bodies and Panchayats.

DISTRICT REVENUE OFFICER

            The post of DRO was created in the year 1983. He is also the principal officer to help the Deputy Commissioner to Carry out work relating to revenue and recovery works

POLICE

            The police administration in the district is under the Superintendent of Police, who next to the Deputy Commissioner is responsible for the maintenance of law and order. The Superintendent of Police is assisted by two Deputy Superintendents of Police posted at Jind and Narwana. The Superintendent of Police, however, functions under the administrative control of the Deputy Inspector- General of Police, Hisar range, Hisar

JUDICIARY

                There is a sessions division at Jind. District & Session Judge, Additional District & Session Judge, CJM, Senior Sub Judge hold separate court in Judiciary Complex. Besides two Judges at Narwana  & two Judges at Safidon hold the court there.

District Attorney  : All civil cases in a district are conducted by the District Attorney under the guidance of the Legal Remembrancer to Government and criminal cases under the guidance of the director of Prosecution. The  District  Attorney is not allowed any private practice. He is required to give legal advice to district level officers. No fee is charged. If, however, a central government office at the district level seeks legal opinion, the prescribed fee is realized and credited into government account. The District Attorney, Jind is assisted by one Assistant District Attorney(Grade-I) and 7 Assistant District Attorney( Grade II)

Last revised On 09/02/2001                                Top of the Document