Collectorate
The Collectorate play a pivotal role in the District administration. Collector in the Cadre of I.A.S heads the District. He/She acts as the District Magistrate for maintaining Law and Order in his jurisdiction. He/She deals mainly with planning and development, law and order, scheduled areas/agency areas, general elections, arms licensing etc.
The Joint Collector who also belongs to the I.A.S Cadre runs the Revenue administration under various enactments in the District. He/She is also designated as Additional District Magistrate. He/She mainly deals with civil supplies, land matters, mines and minerals, village officers etc.
The District Revenue Officer (DRO) in the Cadre of Special Grade Deputy Collectors assists the Collector and Joint Collector in discharging their duties. The District Revenue Officer looks after all the branches of the Collectorate. He/She deals mainly with general administration and is vested with supervision of day-to-day functions of the Collectorate.
The Administrative Officer in the rank of a Tahsildar is the general assistant to the Collector. He/She directly supervises all the sections in the Collectorate and most of the files are routed through him.
The Collectorate is divided into 4 sections as per the Administrative Reforms taken up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
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Admin Section ::
Deals with Establishment , Office Procedures , Accounts and Audit.
- Coordination Section ::
Deals with Land Revenue, Disaster management & relief measures, Protocol, Elections and Residuary work, Land Conversion, One Time Conversion, Record of Rights, Water User Associations, Jamabandi, Examinations, State Functions & Festivals, Statues.
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Magisterial Section ::
Deals with Magisterial (Court/Legal) matters , Law & order , PD Act , Warrants , Cinematography Act , Census , Arms Act & Rules , Petroleum Act and Rules , Right to Information Act-2005, Verification of Character and Antecedents, SARFAESI Act, State / National Human Rights Commission
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Lands Section ::
Deals with Land Administration, Land Alienation, Land Acquisition for National Highways and General purposes , Estate Abolition Act, Inam Abolition Act, Land Encroachment Act-1905, Wakf Board Land issues, Prohibited Lists of Govt. & Assigned Lands, Arbitration cases in Land Acquisition, Social Welfare Land Acquisition