Particulars of Organizations, Functions and Duties
Section 4(I) (b) (i)
Revenue Department-Organization
In the
organization of Revenue Department the apex body of administration is the head
office of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration at State Level. But the
core administration is carried out at Districts that have direct interface with
public. For administrative convenience the District is divided into Sub
Divisions, which are further divided into Mandals
that have jurisdiction over a few villages. The present set up of revenue
administration consists of the following hierarchy of Officials.
1. Chief Commissionerate at State
Level
2. Collectorates at District Level
3. Divisional Officers at Revenue Divisional Level
4. Mandal Revenue Officers at Mandal Level
5. Panchayat Secretaries at Village Level
At the
Mandal level the Mandal Development Officer (MDO) takes care of the development
activities.
Consequent
on the abolition of the erstwhile Board of Revenue, the functional
Commissioners of Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Commissioner of Land
Reforms & Urban Land Ceiling were created. Subsequently they were replaced.
In their place, the post of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration was
created in GO MS No: 59 Revenue (DA) Dated 21.01.1999.
The Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) is the
chief controlling authority for the revenue administration consisting of
Revenue, Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Urban Land Ceiling Departments.
He exercises statutory functions and general superintendence over all his
subordinates. In the case of Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Urban
Land Ceiling Departments he has a supervisory and statutory role. The concerned
Commissioner and the Special Officer deal the routine administration
respectively. He is the link between the Government and the administration. He
monitors and guides the District Collectors and advises the Government in all
the policy matters.
The post of Commissioner Appeals is created to share some of
the responsibilities of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. Further one
judicial officer in the rank of Commissioner Legal Affairs has been newly
created to give his legal advice wherever necessary.
In carrying out the different functions 3 Principal Officers
in I.A.S Cadre. i.e., Secretary to CCLA, Joint Secretary to CCLA, AND Project
Director (CMRO) Project, assist the Chief Commissioner of land Administration.
In the year 2003 another Officer in the cadre of IAS, designated as Special
Commissioner was appointed to assist the Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration. So the subjects are divided among these 4 Officers. Further 6
Assistant Secretaries in the Cadre of Special Grade Deputy Collectors and 6
Additional Assistant Secretaries in the cadre of Deputy Collectors drawn from Commissionerate services assist them. The Assistant
Secretaries are in charge of different subjects as per their work distribution.
Each Assistant Secretary/ Additional Assistant Secretary looks after 3 to 5
sections. A Superintendent heads each section. 4 to 6 Assistants and a typist
assist him.
The Collectorates play a pivotal role in the District
administration. There are 23 Collectorates in the
State. A Collector in the Cadre of I.A.S heads the District. He acts as the
District Magistrate for maintaining Law and Order in his jurisdiction. He 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 is also designated as Additional
District Magistrate. He 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 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 directly supervises all the sections
in the Collectorate and most of the files are routed
through him.
The Collectorate is divided into 8 sections as per the
administrative reforms taken up by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. An alphabet letter is given to each section
for easy reference.
1. Section A: Deals with Establishment and Office
Procedures.
2. Section B: Deals with Accounts and audit.
3. Section C: Deals with Magisterial (Court/Legal) matters.
4. Section D: Deals with Land Revenue and relief.
5. Section E: Deals with Land Administration.
6. Section F: Deals with Land Reforms.
7. Section G: Deals with Land Acquisition.
8. Section H: Deals with Protocol, Elections and Residuary
work.
SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICES
Each
District is divided into Sub divisions for administrative convenience. A Sub
division is headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer in the rank of a Deputy
Collector or a Sub – Collector in Cadre of IAS. He is the Sub Divisional
Magistrate having jurisdiction over his division. An administrative Officer in
the Cadre of a Tahsildar assists in administration. The
Sub divisional Offices are a replica of Collectorate
in the matter of number of sections and they act as intermediary in the
administrative setup. There are 81 divisions in Andhra Pradesh. Each division
consists of a few Mandals whose performance is constantly
monitored by the concerned Divisional Office.
There
are 1128 Mandals in the state, each Mandal having
population ranging from 35,000 to 50,000 people. The Mandals
have been formed in Andhra Pradesh to bring administration to the doorsteps of
Citizens and make all the public services easily available to them. Earlier the
Taluks had huge jurisdiction and were divided into Firkas. This 5-tier district administrative system was
unviable for delivering speedy Citizen Services. So against 305 Taluks and 1084 Firkas, 1106 Mandals were formed in 1985. Subsequently 20 more Mandals were added at different intervals of time. So at
present we have a 4-tier district administrative set up with the Mandal playing
an important role in administration at the grass root level. At present there
are 1128 Mandals in Andhra Pradesh.
A Gazetted Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) heads the Mandals. The MRO is vested with the same powers and
functions of Tahsildars of erstwhile Taluks including magisterial powers. Mandal Revenue Officer
heads the Mandal Revenue Office. MRO provides the interface between the
government and public within his jurisdiction. He initiates welfare measures
within his jurisdiction. The MRO assists the higher authorities in collecting information
and conducting inquiries. He provides feedback to the district administration
that helps in decision-making at higher levels of administration.
The
Deputy Tahsildar/Superintendent, Mandal Revenue
Inspector, Superintendent, Mandal Surveyor, Assistant Statistical Officer and
Other Ministerial Staff.
The
Deputy Tahsildar/ Superintendent supervises
the day today functions of MRO’s office and deals
mainly with general administration. Most of the files are routed through him.
He monitors all the sections in the MRO’s office.
The
(Mandal Revenue Inspector) MRI assists the MRO in conducting inquiries and
inspections. He supervises the Village Secretaries. He inspects crop fields (Azmoish), writes Sharas (field
inspection details) in Pahani, collects land revenue,
non-agricultural land assessment and other dues and keeps close watch on the
villages within his jurisdiction to maintain law and order,
The
Assistant Statistical Officer (ASO), who is under the overall control of Chief
Planning Officer at the District and Directorate of Economics and Statistics at
the State Level, maintains data related to rainfall, crops and population. He
conducts crop estimate tests. He inspects crops to submit crop condition
details. He prepares periodical reports on births and deaths and assists the
MRO in conduct of livestock census, population census and other surveys taken
up by the government from time to time. MRO sends reports on above items to the
District collector. Later these are sent to the department of economics and
statistics and planning department at government level.
The
Mandal Surveyor, who belongs to the Survey Settlement and Land Records
Department, assists the MRO in survey operations. Chain Man assists Mandal
Surveyor in his duties.
As per
the administrative reforms the various sections in the MRO Office are:
1. Section A: Office procedure and financial activities,
2. Section B: Land Related activities,
3. Section C: Civil Supplies, Pension Schemes etc.
4. Section D: Establishment, Natural Calamities,
5. Section E: Issue of Caste, income, nativity etc;
certificates
PANCHAYAT SECRETARIES
Earlier Patwaries/ Karanams ran the
Village Level administration up to 1981 and later Village administrative
Officers who was a part time functionary looked after revenue functions. He was
responsible to revenue hierarchy. But in 2001 as a part of strengthening Local
bodies Panchayat Secretaries were created combining
the revenue and Panchayat functions. There are 21943 Panchayats in Andhra Pradesh. They are under the
administrative control of Gram Panchayats but are
also responsible to Revenue Department for revenue functions. Kamadars or Village Servants assists the Village Panchayat Secretaries. The number of Village servants
varies depending upon the area, population and irrigation sources of the
village. The entire village is divided among the Village Servants for
convenient administration. Village Servants provide complete information about
their areas in all aspects.
Revenue Department-Organization
In the
organization of Revenue Department the apex body of administration is the head
office of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration at State Level. But the
core administration is carried out at Districts that have direct interface with
public. For administrative convenience the District is divided into Sub
Divisions, which are further divided into Mandals
that have jurisdiction over a few villages. The present set up of revenue
administration consists of the following hierarchy of Officials.
1.
Chief Commissionerate
at State Level
2.
Collectorates
at District Level
3.
Divisional Officers at Revenue
Divisional Level
4.
Mandal Revenue Officers at Mandal
Level
5.
Panchayat
Secretaries at Village Level
At the Mandal level the Mandal Development Officer (MDO)
takes care of the development activities.
CHIEF COMMISSIONERATE
Consequent
on the abolition of the erstwhile Board of Revenue, the functional
Commissioners of Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Commissioner of Land
Reforms & Urban Land Ceiling were created. Subsequently they were replaced.
In their place, the post of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration was
created in GO MS No: 59 Revenue (DA) Dated 21.01.1999.
The
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) is the chief controlling
authority for the revenue administration consisting of Revenue, Survey,
Settlement & Land Records and Urban Land Ceiling Departments. He exercises
statutory functions and general superintendence over all his subordinates. In
the case of Survey, Settlement & Land Records and Urban Land Ceiling
Departments he has a supervisory and statutory role. The concerned Commissioner
and the Special Officer deal the routine administration respectively. He is the
link between the Government and the administration. He monitors and guides the
District Collectors and advises the Government in all the policy matters.
The post
of Commissioner Appeals is created to share some of the responsibilities of
Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. Further one judicial officer in the
rank of Commissioner Legal Affairs has been newly created to give his legal
advice wherever necessary.
In
carrying out the different functions 3 Principal Officers in I.A.S Cadre. i.e. Secretary to CCLA, Joint Secretary to CCLA, AND Project
Director (CMRO) Project, assist the Chief Commissioner of land Administration.
In the year 2003 another Officer in the cadre of IAS, designated as Special
Commissioner was appointed to assist the Chief Commissioner of Land
Administration. So the subjects are divided among these 4 Officers. Further 6
Assistant Secretaries in the Cadre of Special Grade Deputy Collectors and 6
Additional Assistant Secretaries in the cadre of Deputy Collectors drawn from Commissionerate services assist them. The Assistant
Secretaries are in charge of different subjects as per their work distribution.
Each Assistant Secretary/ Additional Assistant Secretary looks after 3 to 5
sections. A Superintendent heads each section. 4 to 6 Assistants and a typist
assist him.
COLLECTORATES
The Collectorates
play a pivotal role in the District administration. There are 23 Collectorates in the State. A Collector in the
Cadre of I.A.S heads the District. He acts as the District Magistrate for
maintaining Law and Order in his jurisdiction. He 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 is also designated as Additional District
Magistrate. He 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 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 directly supervises all the sections in the Collectorate
and most of the files are routed through him.
The Collectorate
is divided into 8 sections as per the administrative reforms taken up by the
Government of Andhra Pradesh. An alphabet letter is given to each section for
easy reference.
1.
Section A: Deals with Establishment
and Office Procedures.
2.
Section B: Deals with Accounts and
audit.
3.
Section C: Deals with Magisterial
(Court/Legal) matters.
4.
Section D: Deals with Land Revenue
and relief.
5.
Section E: Deals with Land
Administration.
6.
Section F: Deals with Land Reforms.
7.
Section G: Deals with Land
Acquisition.
8.
Section H: Deals with Protocol,
Elections and Residuary work.
SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICES
Each
District is divided into Sub divisions for administrative convenience. A Sub
division is headed by a Revenue Divisional Officer in the rank of a Deputy
Collector or a Sub – Collector in Cadre of IAS. He is the Sub Divisional Magistrate
having jurisdiction over his division. An administrative Officer in the Cadre
of a Tahsildar assists in administration. The Sub
divisional Offices are a replica of Collectorate in
the matter of number of sections and they act as intermediary in the
administrative setup. There are 81 divisions in Andhra Pradesh. Each division consists of a few Mandals whose performance is constantly monitored by the
concerned Divisional Office.
MANDAL REVENUE OFFICES
There
are 1128 Mandals in the state, each Mandal having
population ranging from 35,000 to 50,000 people. The Mandals
have been formed in Andhra Pradesh to bring administration to the doorsteps of
Citizens and make all the public services easily available to them. Earlier the
Taluks had huge jurisdiction and were divided into Firkas. This 5-tier district administrative system was
unviable for delivering speedy Citizen Services. So against 305 Taluks and 1084 Firkas, 1106 Mandals were formed in 1985. Subsequently 20 more Mandals
were added at different intervals of time. So at present we have a 4-tier
district administrative set up with the Mandal playing an important role in
administration at the grass root level. At present there are 1127 Mandals in
Andhra Pradesh.
A Gazetted Mandal Revenue Officer (MRO) heads the Mandals. The MRO is vested with the same powers and
functions of Tahsildars of erstwhile Taluks including magisterial powers. Mandal Revenue Officer
heads the Mandal Revenue Office. MRO provides the interface between the
government and public within his jurisdiction. He initiates welfare measures
within his jurisdiction. The MRO assists the higher authorities in collecting
information and conducting inquiries. He provides feedback to the district
administration that helps in decision-making at higher levels of
administration.
The
Deputy Tahsildar/ Superintendent, Mandal Revenue
Inspector, Superintendent, Mandal Surveyor, Assistant Statistical Officer and
Other Ministerial Staff.
The
Deputy Tahsildar/ Superintendent supervises
the day today functions of MRO’s office and deals
mainly with general administration. Most of the files are routed through him.
He monitors all the sections in the MRO’s office.
The
(Mandal Revenue Inspector) MRI assists the MRO in conducting inquiries and
inspections. He supervises the Village Secretaries. He inspects crop fields (Azmoish), writes Sharas (field
inspection details) in Pahani, collects land revenue,
non-agricultural land assessment and other dues and keeps close watch on the
villages within his jurisdiction to maintain law and order,
The
Assistant Statistical Officer (ASO), who is under the overall control of Chief
Planning Officer at the District and Directorate of Economics and Statistics at
the State Level, maintains data related to rainfall, crops and population. He
conducts crop estimate tests. He inspects crops to submit crop condition
details. He prepares periodical reports on births and deaths and assists the
MRO in conduct of livestock census, population census and other surveys taken
up by the government from time to time. MRO sends reports on above items to the
District collector. Later these are sent to the department of economics and
statistics and planning department at government level.
The
Mandal Surveyor, who belongs to the Survey Settlement and Land Records
Department, assists the MRO in survey operations. Chain Man assists Mandal
Surveyor in his duties.
As per
the administrative reforms the various sections in the MRO Office are:
1. Section A: Office procedure and financial activities,
2.
Section
B: Land Related activities,
3.
Section
C: Civil Supplies, Pension Schemes etc.
4.
Section
D: Establishment, Natural Calamities,
5.
Section
E: Issue of Caste, income, nativity etc; certificates
Earlier Patwaries/
Karanams ran the Village Level administration up to
1981 and later Village administrative Officers who was a part time functionary looked
after revenue functions. He was responsible to revenue hierarchy. But in 2001
as a part of strengthening Local bodies Panchayat
Secretaries were created combining the revenue and Panchayat
functions. There are 21943 Panchayats in Andhra
Pradesh. They are under the administrative control of Gram Panchayats
but are also responsible to Revenue Department for revenue functions. Kamadars or Village Servants assists the Village Panchayat Secretaries. The number of Village servants
varies depending upon the area, population and irrigation sources of the
village. The entire village is divided among the Village Servants for
convenient administration. Village Servants provide complete information about
their areas in all aspects.
Revenue
Department-Organization Chart
