FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT MAGISTRATE/COLLECTOR

District is the main unit of the state.  The District Magistrate/Collector is the administrator of the district  . The most  important work of the the district magistrate is to maintain law and order, various rules and implementation of various govt. orders. Being a top administrator of the district , he directly order the police department whenever required.  He is also responsible to maintain peace and justice in the district.

As a collector the most important works of the district magistrate are:

1.     To collect  the land revenue, main and miscellaneous dues of the government.
2.     Proper maintenance of the Land Records.
3.     Land acquisition.
4.     Settlement of the refugees.
5.     To provide the help to the public during  the natural calamities like drought, flood and earthquake.
6.    To maintain the accounts of receipts and payments in the district treasury by the help of the     Treasury Officer and send the details to the government.
7.    To implement all the government programmes in the interest of the common public of the district.
8.    To make availability  of all the consumable items under public distribution system to the fair price shops by the help of the District Supply Officer.
9.    To conduct all national/state/local level elections peacefully.

   For planning purpose district is divided into Blocks . These are :-

In Bijnor district. Block Development officer is the incharge of the block.     BDO monitor the implementation of all the programs related to planning and development of the blocks. To make the co-ordination in the development work and for implementation of various  schemes at various blocks, there is an officer i.e. Chief Development Officer.

    To maintain the general administration of the district there is only one ADM and a SDM (Sadar) for the assistance of district magistrate at DIstrict HQ.