CHAPTER X
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
(a)
Historical Background and Divisions of the District
The district as an administrative unit has occupied since Mauryan times, a unique position in a State. The district is the most important administrative unit and the main underlying idea in its organization is to ensure maintenance of law and order, collection of revenue, development and welfare of people. It is a pivot on which the civil administration as well as developmental activities and other activities like education, health and rural development revolve.
The present district of Mansa with headquarters at Mansa was created on 13 April 1992.1 Mansa, formerly a subdivision of Bathinda District was excluded from the district and was made a separate district. Budhlada and Jhunir were made tahsils / subdivisions of Mansa District. Sardulgarh has been made new tahsil/subdivision of Mansa District by abolishing Jhunir tahsil/subdivision on 13 September 1993.2 Now the district consists of three tahsils with subdivisional headquarters at Mansa (85 villages), Budhlada (86 villages) and Sardulgarh (70 villages).
The princely states were divided
into various nizamats or districts
and these nizamats were further
subdivided into a number of tahsils.
There
were four high departments of the
1 Vide
2 Vide Punjab Government
Notification No. 2/2/92/RE-II(1)/8245 dated
3 Phulkian States Gazetteer, 1904
181
Maharaja
Rajindar Singh created
a Chief Court
of three members to hear appeals against the decisions
of the Finance, Judicial and Foreign Minister.
The
headquarters staff of each nizamat
consisted of a Nazim, two Naib
Nazims and a Tahsildar, in charge of the tahsil headquarters. The Nazims
dated from the reign of Maharaja Narindar Singh, when under the name of Munsarim hadbast, they were appointed
to introduce cash assessments. The Nazim was practically a Deputy
Commissioner with the powers of Sessions Judge in addition. He heard all the
appeals of his Naib Nazims and Tahsildars, whether civil, criminal or
revenue. The Naib Nazims were the court of original jurisdiction, both
civil and criminal and the Tahsildar had criminal jurisdiction in a few petty
cases only. The Tahsildar was the court of original jurisdiction in a revenue
cases and had criminal powers in cases falling under Section 425 and 441 to 447
of the Indian Penal Code.
The administrative set-up of the Mansa
District on
Administrative
Divisions.- Administratively, the Mansa District has been included in the
Faridkot Division, Faridkot. For purposes of general and revenue
administration, the district has been divided into three tahsils, namely Mansa,
Budhlada(including sub-tahsil Bareta) and Sardulgarh. Each of revenue tahsil is
now a subdivision of the district.
The
strength of Sub Divisional Officers (Civil), Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars in
the district, as on
Subdivision /Tahsil Number of Posts
S.D.O.(C ) Tahsildar
Naib-Tahsildar
Mansa
1
1 1
Budhlada 1 1 2
Sardulgarh 1 1 1
District Mansa 3 3 4
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(Source
: Deputy Commissioner, Mansa )
(b)
District Authorities
Deputy Commissioner.- The
general administration of the district is headed by the Deputy Commissioner. He
functions under the administrative control of the Divisional Commissioner,
Faridkot Division, Faridkot. He plays a pivotal role in the administrative
machinery and is considered to be the chief representative of the Government in
the district. He performs his functions as Deputy Commissioner, District
Collector and District Magistrate on different occasions. His multiple
functions, in brief, are described as under:
(i) As Deputy Commissioner.- Deputy Commissioner
is the executive head of the district and performs variety of functions
in the field of civil administration, development, panchayats and urban local
bodies, coordination of all government activities, etc. There is hardly any
aspect of district administration with which he is not concerned one way or the
other. He has special role to play with regard to rural development programmes.
Apart from the various development programmes, he is also responsible for
various social welfare programmes for the weaker sections of the society. These
include programmes for the help of the handicapped people, women, children,
Scheduled Castes, etc.
The
Deputy Commissioner has been given powers under the Essential Commodities Act,
to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities in the district. In
case of general shortage of commodities, he exercises necessary control over
their procurement and distribution. When there is no general shortage, Deputy
Commissioner has to ensure that nobody is creating artificial shortages in the
supply of essential commodities in the district.
The Deputy Commissioner performs
various functions with regard to various institutions of local self-government.
These institutions include Zila Parishads, Panchayat Samitis, Panchayats and Municipal
Councils / Nagar Panchayats. Firstly, Deputy Commissioner holds the elections
to these Local Government Bodies through his own machinery. Secondly, he
supervises the working of these Local Government Bodies like the Municipal
Councils, Village Panchayats, Panchayat
Samitis, Zila Parishad, etc. For
example, he can suspend the
execution of the resolution of a municipal council subject to its approval by
the State Government . He also hears election petitions against the election of
the member of these local bodies. He also helps these bodies in discharging
their functions by providing them police assistance or recommending their cases
to the Government for expeditious disposal.
The
Deputy Commissioner has an office Superintendent under him, to supervise the
work of clerical staff. He guides the functioning of different branches of his
office. Each branch is headed by an Assistant who has to perform two types of
functions, viz- supervisory and disposal of important cases. An Assistant has
one or more Clerks under him.
The
number of branches in the office of the Deputy Commissioner differs from
district to district depending upon the requirements in each case, but more
important branches existing in almost all the districts are: Estabilshment
Branch, Nazarat Branch, Sadr Kanungo Branch, Development Branch,
Miscellaneous Branch,Licensing Branch, complaint and Enquiries Branch,Local
Funds Branch, Revenue Accounts Branch, Flood Relief Branch, Revenue Record
Branch, Record and Issue Branch, Sadr
Copying Branch, Registration Branch, Peshi Branch, Election Branch, etc.
(ii) As District Collector. - The Deputy Commissioner is the head of the revenue
administration in the district. Being the highest revenue authority, he is
responsible for the collection of land revenue as well as other kinds of
government taxes, fees and dues. He is also responsible for the maintenance of
land records. He is the appointing authority for most of the important
subordinate revenue staff in the district and supervises and controls their
work.
He is responsible for the grant and recovery of certain type of loans for agricultural improvement. The Deputy Commissioner is the highest revenue judicial authority in the district. The hearing of appeals against the decisions of subordinate revenue officers in various matters also falls with in his jurisdiction. He also holds charge of the district treasury. In this capacity he is responsible for due accounting of all moneys received and disbursed, the correctness of treasury returns and the safe custody of the valuables which it contains.
All
the branches dealing with revenue matters are under the direct supervision of
the Superintendent (Revenue and Records) who supervises Sadr Kanungos
Branch, District Revenue Accounts Branch, Vernacular Records Room Branch,
Copying Agency, Registration Branch and Rehabilitation Branch. Most of the work
relating to land revenue administration is carried on in Sadr Kanungos
Branch. The District Revenue Accounts Branch is under the charge of an Office
Assistant known as the District Revenue Assistant (DRA).
(iii) As District Magistrate.- The Deputy Commissioner is primarily responsible for the maintenance
of law and order in the district . He is the head of the criminal
administration of the district. He also supervises all Sub Divisional
Magistrates and Executive Magistrates in the district and controls/directs the
action of the police. He has supervisory powers over the administration of
jails and lock-ups in the district. In the discharge of his responsibility, he
is assisted by the Senior Superintendent of Police. The internal departmental
control of the police force vests in the Senior Superintendent of Police but its deployment and use of police
force in the district is subject to the overall control and direction of the
District Magistrate. Under normal circumstances, the law and order is
maintained by the District Magistrate with the help of state police but in case
the state police is found incapable in tackling the situation on account of
large scale disturbances, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) or other central
paramilitary forces may be made available by the Government of India through
the State Government. These central paramilitary forces work under the overall
control of District Magistrate. When the situation is beyond the control of
civil police the District Magistrate can seek the assistance of the
‘Army’. However, the army works only
under its own commanders.
Besides
his above mentioned duties as Deputy Commissioner, District Collector, and
District Magistrate, he enjoys the powers of Chief Settlement Commissioner and
Chief Sales Commissioner under the Displaced Persons (Compensation and Rehabilitation)
Act, 1954 and the Punjab Package Deal Properties (Disposal) Act, 1976,
respectively. In this capacity, his duties are: hearing revision/ appeals
against the orders of Settlement Commissioner and Chief Sales Commissioner
regarding allotment of land, disposal of urban/ rural properties /land in the
district.
Besides,
he is responsible, as District Election Officer, for the peaceful and orderly
conduct of all elections held in the district from time to time. For elections
to Lok Sabha constituency/constituencies in his district, he functions as Returning
Officer. He renders active help during decennial census. He keeps liaison with
military authorities in his jurisdiction and is the competent authority for
requisition of land for military purposes. He is also concerned with the
rehabilitation of displaced persons. The supervision of relief measures at the
time of drought, floods and other natural calamities, are some of his other
duties. In short, nothing of importance takes place in the district with which
the Deputy Commissioner has not been acquainted with.
Sub
Divisional Officer (Civil).- Each district is divided into a number of
subdivisions and each subdivision is placed under the charge of an officer
known as Sub Divisional Officer (Civil). He is the executive head of a
subdivision. In fact, he is a miniature Deputy Commissioner of the subdivision.
He performs the same kind of the functions in the subdivision, as that of
Deputy Commissioner in a district. Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) works under
the direct supervision and control of Deputy Commissioner. He is either a
junior member of the Indian Administrative Services or a senior member of the
State Civil Services who had earned extensive experience in subordinate
positions. Under many revenue legislations, he is invariably vested with power
of Collector of the subdivision, against the orders of Assistant Collector, to
be exercised within his jurisdiction. He also hears appeals as Collector of the
Subdivision against the orders of Assistant Collector Grade II (Tahsildars and
Naib-Tahsildars) and Assistant Collector, Grade I (Tahsildars in partition cases).
He exercises direct control over the Tahsildars and his staff in the
subdivision. He is the normal channel of correspondence between the Deputy
Commissioner and the Tahsildars in his subdivision.
The
powers and responsibilities of the Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) relating to
revenue, magisterial, executive and development matters within his
jurisdiction, are analogous to those of the Deputy Commissioner. His revenue
duties include supervision and inspection of all matters from assessment to
collection of land revenue, co-ordination of work of all officials in the
subdivision, particularly in the departments of Revenue, Agriculture, Animal
Husbandry and Public Health within the subdivision.
His
magisterial duties are: liaison and co-ordination with police in the
subdivision, watch over the relations between various communities and classes;
special precautions and actions in emergency, especially connected with
festivals and recommendations to the District Magistrate, when he is himself
not competent, for grant of arms licenses. He has ample powers under the
Criminal Procedure Code, Punjab Police Rules, and other laws to exercise
effective supervision over the law and order situation in his area.
In his
executive capacity, he can call for any of the records and registers which deal
with crime from a police station and can call the Station House Officer to come
to him to explain the matter. He can bind down anti-social elements for
peaceful conduct over a period. He commands closer contacts with the public and
more intimate association with the local bodies and market committees. He also
plays an important role in the rural development programmes. He needs
co-operation and help from other government officials in the subdivision for
the smooth running of administration and successful implementation of
development schemes. On important policy matters, however, he is required to
route the matters through the Deputy Commissioner.
For
the elections to the Vidhan Sabha, he is generally appointed as Returning
Officer for the constituency/constituencies in his jurisdiction. For elections
to the Lok Sabha constituencies, he is appointed as Assistant Returning
Officer.
Tahsildars and Naib-Tahsildar. - The
Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars are the key officers in the revenue
administration and exercise the powers of the Assistant Collector Grade II and
Sub-registrars and Joint Sub-registrars for registration work. While deciding
partition cases, the Tahsildars assume powers of Assistant Collector Grade I.
As a Senior Revenue Officer of the Tahsil and as overall in charge thereof, a
Tahsildar has powers of co- ordination and distribution work among Circle
Revenue Officers, the Naib Tahsildars and himself. All recommendations in Lambardari
cases, even in the revenue circles of Naib Tahsildars, are routed through him
to the Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) and the Deputy Commissioner.
The Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars are responsible for collection of
land revenue and other dues payable to the Government and records the crop
statistics. They are principally responsible for maintenance of revenue
records. To remain in touch with the subordinate revenue staff, to observe the
seasonal conditions and condition of crops and to listen to the difficulties of
the cultivators, the Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars have to tour extensively in
the areas of their jurisdiction. They decide urgent matters on the spot, like
correction of entries in the account books, providing relief to the people
faced with natural calamities. On their return from tour, they prepare reports
and recommend to the Government remission or suspension of land revenue and
bring the records uptodate. They also sit in the courts to settle disputes of
tenancy, arrears of rent, ejectment of tenants, entries in account books, etc.
besides doing other kind of work.
For
elections to the Vidhan Sabha, a Tahsildar is, invariably appointed as an Assistant Returning Officer for the
constituency/constituencies falling in his tahsil.
The
Tahsildars and Naib Tahsildars in the district were assisted by I Sadr
Kanungo as in charge of the revenue records at the district headquarters, 3
Office Kanungos (one each at tahsil headquarters), 6 Assistant Office Kanungos
(2 each at tahsil headquarters) and 13 Field Kanungos, (5 at Mansa, 4 at
Budhlada and 4 at Sardulgarh) and 126 Patwaris as on 31 March 2000, besides
other ministerial Class III and miscellaneous Class IV staff.
Kanungos.- The duties of Kanungos are
of supervisory nature. He is an
important link between the Tahsildar/Naib Tahsildar and the Patwari. Each
Tahsildar is assisted by an Office Kanungo, besides a number of Field Kanungos.
The main duty of the Office Kanungo is to consolidate the information on
different aspects of revenue
administration. Similarly, in the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, there is a Sadr
Kanungo who inter-alia is in charge of Patwaris’ and Kanungos
establishments and carries out inspections of Patwar Circles and Kanungo
Circles.
The
Special Kanungo or Patwari Moharrir
makes the information contained in revenue records, accessible to the
litigating public and to the courts, by preparing extracts from the revenue
records. The Special Kanungo assists the courts of law in the examination of revenue records by
giving evidence and by putting the records before the courts and by drawing
attention to those parts of the records which the courts ought to examine.
Patwaris.- Whereas the Deputy Commissioner is regarded as a
pivot of the district administration, the Patwari is representative of the government at the
village level. Upto 1906, he was paid by the village itself, but now he is a
salaried government employee. He has usually one or two villages in his charge.
His local knowledge is so extensive that there is hardly any information about
the village and its residents of which he is not aware of or which he cannot
make a guess. As such, he is viewed as the eyes and ears of the Collector in
the rural areas.
The duties of Patwari include conducting of surveys, field inspections,
recording of crops, revision of maps, preparation of reports relating to
mutations, partitions, revenue or rents, etc. Under the orders of the
Collector, he prepares the records of rights. He also assists in providing relief
to agriculturists in distress and renders basic service in the decennial Census
operations. He reports crimes and prepares spot maps to assist police
inquiries. His special duty is the preparation of Dhal, bachh (papers
regarding distribution of revenue over holdings of various landowners). The
actual preparation of village records and revenue statistics rests with
Patwaris. The Mansa District is divided into 126 patwar circles each circle
being looked after by a Patwari who works under the immediate supervision of
the Kanungo concerned.
Lambardars.-
Lambardar (a non-official) is most important functionary in the village
administration. He was responsible for the collection of revenue upto remission
of land revenue in 1996-97 for Government from various sources and to remit
these in treasury. He also looks after the law and order in his area and any
breach there of is reported by him to the nearest police station. He is the
custodian of all Government properties in the village. He also reports to the Tahsildar
about the deaths of assignees and pensioners and their absence for over a year.
He also assists the Patwaris in crop inspections conducted by them at the time
of girdawaries. Above all, he is the representative of Government in the
village. He is assisted in his work by the village Chowkidar.
(c) Development Organisation
The
Community Development (later on known as Rural Development) Programme was
launched in the State on
The
financial assistance of Rs 9.32 lakhs were given to 21 organizations under the
Strengthening of Infrastructure Scheme in the Mansa District during the year 1999-2000.
Under Focal Point Scheme, 4 focal points at Man Bibrian, Joga, Budhlada and
Bajewala were taken up during 1997-98. A sum of Rs 137.13 lakhs have been spent
on the development of these focal points. In the year 1998-99, five focal
points at Hiroke Kalan, Dharampur, Bhalaike, Kotli Kalan and Karandi were taken
up. No focal point was taken up in 1999-2000.
To
administer the scheme of development the Mansa District has been divided into 5
development blocks, viz., Mansa, Bhikhi, Budhlada, Jhunir and Sardulgarh. The
Block Development and Panchayat Officer (BDPO) is responsible for the
implementation of all the developmental schemes and keep watch on the day
to-day functioning of the panchayats. With the introduction of Panchayati Raj
in 1961, the development of block is looked after by an elected body known as
Panchayat Samiti, under the control of Chairman of the Panchayat Samiti, under
the administrative control of Sub Divisional Officer (Civil) of subdivision and
the District Development and Panchayat Officer of the district, besides being
under the overall control of the Deputy Commissioner and Additional Deputy
Commissioner (Development).
The Block Development and Panchayat Officer is mainly responsible for the successful implementation of development schemes of the government in his block. He also guides and co-ordinates the development work of other departments in his block. He is assisted by a Social Education and Panchayat Officer, a Mukhya Savika, a Junior Engineer, a number of Gram Sevaks and Gram Savikas, besides other miscellaneous Class III and Class IV staff. The Inspectors or Extension Officers belonging to the Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Co-operation and Industries Departments also assist and advise him in their respective spheres. This was done after the introduction of Panchayati Raj in the State to enable him to co-ordinate the activities of various departments engaged in developmental work.
(d)
General Arrangement for Disposal of Business
In
addition to the Sub Divisional Officers (Civil), Tahsildars and Block
Development and Panchayat Officers, the Deputy Commissioner, Mansa is also
assisted by an Additional Deputy Commissioner, an Assistant Commissioner
(General), an Assistant Commissioner for Removal of Grievances, a District
Revenue Officer, a District Transport Officer,. a District Development and
Panchayat Officer and Executive Magistrates in day to day duties concerning law
and order and other functions. The functions of each of these officers are
discussed below in brief:
Additional
Deputy Commissioner.- The post of an Additional Deputy Commissioner at
Mansa has been created in order to ease the workload of Deputy
Commissioner. The powers delegated to
the Additional Deputy Commissioner are to sanction earned leave to Kanungos and
Patwaris; to sanction medical reimbursement to the staff of the office of the
Deputy Commissioner; to entertain revision petitions under Section 16(2) of the
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 84 of the Punjab Tenancy Act, 1887; to
review petitions under the Section 15 of the Punjab Land Revenue Act and
Section 82 of the Punjab Tenancy Act and to entertain transfer applications
under section 12 of the Land Revenue Act. Besides, he enjoys the various powers
under the various Acts, such as Land Acquisition Act, 1894; Indian Stamp Act,
1899; Registration Act, 1908; Punjab Municipal Act, 1911; Punjab Registration
of Mortgage Land Act, 1938; Punjab Occupancy and Tenant (Vesting of Proprietary
Rights) Act, 1952; Indian Arms Act, 1959; and Code of all Criminal Procedure Act,
1973. He also disposes the court work as appellate court of three subdivisions of
the district regarding the above noted Acts.
He is
District Magistrate under Code of Criminal Procedure and in the absence of
Deputy Commissioner he is supposed to maintain law and order situation in the
district. He also carries out the inspections of various officers such as SDO
(C), Tahsildars, Naib Tahsildars, Sub-Registrars and Treasury Officers in the
district. The work of flood relief control and correspondence relating to
terrorist affected persons is also dealt by the Additional Deputy Commissioner,
Mansa.
Assistant
Commissioner (General).- He is the
Deputy Commissioner’s personal executive officer and assists him in all his
executive and administrative functions. As such, he is the principal
administrative officer and attends to routine correspondence, attestation,
complaints, etc. He does little or no touring, as he has to keep a vigilant eye
on the District Office. Almost all the branches of the Deputy Commissioner’s
office are under his supervision. He is competent to correspond with the Punjab
Government and other departments, in the
routine matters. He also deals with security and revenue cases.
Assistant
Commissioner (Grievances).- He is a
Class I Officer who redresses the grievances of the public of the district and
expedites actions on the complaints received by him relating to Revenue
Department as well as other State Government Departments. He submits his report
to the Deputy Commissioner after making enquires into the complaints made by
the people to him or to the Deputy Commissioner or other higher authorities. As
a Secretary, he convenes the monthly meetings of Public Grievances Committee of
the district. These meetings are attended by all the officers/ officials as
well as non-official members besides all M.L.As. and M.Ps. of the district who
are ex-officio members of the committee. He is also responsible for
implementation of the decisions taken by the Chairman of the Public Grievances
Committee and ensures that the agenda as well as proceedings of the monthly
meeting are issued well in time. He is also entrusted with some revenue work as
Assistant Collector, Grade I. He also acts as a co-ordinating officer in the
disposal of the complaints of the public. Besides, he also solves the
grievances of army personnels.
District
Revenue Officer.- The District
Revenue Officer, Mansa assists the Deputy Commissioner in all his revenue
functions in the district. He is responsible for the proper and correct
maintenance of revenue records, revenue accounts, assignments, muafis,
jagirs, etc. and service records of the Patwaris, Kanungos, District
Revenue Accountant, Registration and Land Acquisition branches of the Deputy
Commissioner’s office. He is required to watch the progress of the recovery of
all government dues in the district and keep the Deputy Commissioner informed
about the pace of recovery. He assists the Deputy Commissioner in carrying out
the inspection of tahsils and sub tahsils, acts on his behalf for organizing
special girdawaris for crop cess
and special girdawaris for natural calamities, floods, etc. He is
also responsible for pursuing the progress of land reforms cases in various
courts and watches the interest of the State. Besides, he co-ordinates his
activities with the departments, such as, Irrigation, Public Works Department (B
&R), Co-Operation and Agriculture, etc. so as to ensure the smooth
implementation of various development schemes in which revenue work is
involved. On behalf of the Deputy Commissioner, he is responsible for the
submission of the statements regarding the disposal of miscellaneous revenue
work in the district every quarter to the Divisional Commissioner and to the
Financial Commissioner, Revenue,
District
Transport Officer.- He is Executive
Magistrate and is a member of the Punjab Civil Services. Besides, he is
the Registering Authority (Motors) and Licensing Officer of the district. His
duties and functions are: to realise road tax in respect of all types of
vehicles; to regulate the operation of vehicles of all categories covered under
the Indian Motor Vehicles Act, 1988; to issue and renew the driving licenses
and conductor licenses; to issue authorization to drive public service
vehicles; to issue special passes for stage carriages/taxis, cars for marriage
and tour parties; to inspect transport vehicles; to grant certificate of
fitness in respect of such vehicles for which technical assistance is provided
by the Motor Vehicle Inspector, to enforce traffic rules, etc. to conduct
special traffic checking and survey of routes, etc. He is also the Chairman of
Condemnation Board, which condemns the vehicles of all government departments
in the district.
During the year 1999-2000, the District Transport Officer, Mansa issued 3,183 new driving licences, 2,987 learner permits for driving of vehicles and renewed 1,753 driving licences.
District
Development and Panchayat Officer.- He is incharge of the work relating to
development including local development, panchayats, etc. He co-ordinates the
activities of all the departments in the district which are engaged in
developmental activities. He carries out duty as Collector for removal of
encroachments over gram panchayat lands. The development branch of the Deputy
Commissioner’s office, which deals with the planning of development programmes, functions under his supervision.
All the Block Development and Panchayat Officers in the district are under his
control with respect to the implementation of Rural Development Programme. He
functions as Additional District Electoral Officer during the elections of Gram
Panchayats, Panchayat Samities and Zila Parishads. There were 241 villages in
the Mansa District having 5 Development Blocks. The number of Gram Panchayats
in the district were 243.
Executive
Magistrates.- The Executive Magistrates normally belong to the State Civil
Services. They help the Deputy Commissioner in the maintenance of law and
order. They also deal with the security/revenue cases and are responsible for
the criminal work of various police stations falling within their jurisdiction.
Besides, the Assistant Commissioner (General) and the District Transport
Officer have powers of executive magistrates.
Registration.- The Deputy Commissioner
is the Registrar for the district under the Indian Registration Act,1908 and in
that capacity he is responsible for registration work in the district. In the
Mansa District, the Registrar is assisted by 3 Tahsildars as Sub-Registrars, one
each in tahsils of Mansa, Budhlada and Sardulgarh and 4 Naib Tahsildars as
Joint Sub-Registrars one each at Mansa, Budhlada, Sardulgarh and Bareta. The
Sub-Registrar and the Joint Sub-Registrar do registration work in addition to
their own duties for which they get monthly honorarium.
Sub-Registrar
registers the documents pertaining to the properties situated in his
jurisdiction. The Registrar is, however, empowered to register any application
referred to him under Section 72 and 73 of the Indian Registration Act, 1908,
against refusal to register documents by the Sub-Registrars under him.
A Head
Registration Clerk assists the Registrar at the district headquarters and
Clerks/Readers assist the Sub-Registrar/Joint Sub- Registrars in the tahsil in
performing the registration work.
District Attorney.- He
represents the State in the cases pending in the court of District and Sessions
Judge. He is under the administrative control of the Director, Prosecution and
Litigation,
Notary
Public.- Notary Public is also generally a practising lawyer, who is
authorised by the Government for a period of 3 years, to function as Notary
Public for attesting documents like wills, special power of attorneys and
copies of all documents on specified charges. He is also authorised to
translate documents on payment approved by the government. There were 7 Notary Publics functioning in the
Mansa District as on
Oath
Commissioners.- An Oath Commissioner
is a practising lawyer who is authorised, on application, by the
(e)
District Committees
The following District Committees have been constituted in the Mansa District in order to accelerate the disposal of business. Their meetings are held at the district headquarters under the Chairmanship of Minister/Deputy Commissioner:-
1
House Allotment
Committee
2
District Planning
Board
3
District
Agricultural Production Committee
4
District Red
Cross Committee
5
Site Selection
Committee
6
District Public
Grievances Committee
(f) State and Central Government Officers
The following State and Central Government Officers are posted in the Mansa District:-
1
Deputy
Commissioner, Mansa
2
Additional Deputy
Commissioner, Mansa
3
Additional Deputy
Commissioner (Development), Mansa
4
Assistant
Commissioner (General), Mansa
5
Assistant
Commissioner (Removal of Grievances), Mansa
6
District
Transport Officer, Mansa
7
Senior
Superintendent of Police, Mansa
8
Additional
District and Sessions Judge, Mansa
9
Chief Judicial
Magistrate, Mansa
10
Civil Judge
(Senior Division) Cum-Judicial Magistrate, Mansa
11
Civil Judge
(Junior Division) Cum-Judicial Magistrate, Mansa
12
District Election
Officer, Mansa
13
District
Attorney, Mansa
14
District Language
Officer, Mansa
15
District
Development and Panchayat Officer, Mansa
16
District Savings
Officer, Mansa
17
Assistant Excise
and Taxation Commissioner, Mansa
18
District Revenue
Officer, Mansa
19
District
Commander, Home Guards, Mansa
20
Sub Divisional
Officer (Civil), Mansa
21
Sub Divisional
Officer (Civil), Budhlada
22
Sub Divisional
Officer (Civil), Sardulgarh
23
District Treasury
Officer, Mansa
24
Tahsildar, Mansa
25
Tahsildar,
Budhlada
26
Tahsildar,
Sardulgarh
27
District
Education Officer (Secondary), Mansa
28
District
Education Officer (Primary), Mansa
29
District Sports
Officer, Mansa
30
Assistant
Director, Nehru Yuva Kendra, Mansa
31
Civil Surgeon,
Mansa
32
Senior Medical
Officer, Mansa
33
Senior Medical
Officer, Sardulgarh
34
Senior Medical
Officer, Budhlada
35
District
Ayurvedic and Unani Officer, Mansa
36
Executive
Engineer, Panchayati Raj, Mansa
37
Executive
Engineer, Provincial Division, PWD (B&R), Mansa
38
Executive
Engineer,
39
Executive
Engineer, Public Health Division (RWS), Mansa
40
Executive
Engineer, Public Health Division (GW), Mansa
41
Executive
Engineer, Drainage, Mansa
42
Executive
Engineer, Irrigation, Mansa
43
Executive
Engineer,
44
Sub Divisional
Engineer,
45
Sub Divisional
Engineer (Planned Road), Mansa
46
District Public
Relations Officer, Mansa
47
District Social
Security Officer, Mansa
48
District Welfare
Officer, Mansa
49
General Manager,
District Industries Centre, Mansa
50
Divisional Soil
Conservation Officer, Mansa
51
Assistant
Director, Horticulture, Mansa
52
Assistant
Director, Fisheries, Mansa
53
Assistant
Director, Dairy Development, Mansa
54
Deputy Director,
Sainik Welfare, Mansa
55
District
Employment Officer, Mansa
56
Deputy Chief
Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Mansa
57
Tahsildar
(Elections), Mansa
58
Chief
Agricultural Officer, Mansa
59
Divisional
60
Block Development
and Panchayat Officer, Mansa
61
Block Development
and Panchayat Officer, Budhlada
62
Block Development
and Panchayat Officer, Bhikhi
63
Block Development
and Panchayat Officer, Jhunir
64
Block Development
and Panchayat Officer Sardulgarh
65
Child Development
and Project Officer, Mansa
66
Child Development
and Project Officer, Budhlada
67
Child Development
and Project Officer, Bhikhi
68
Child Development
and Project Officer, Sardulgarh
69
Child Development
and Project Officer, Jhunir
70
Assistant
Registrar ,Cooperative Societies, Mansa
71
Deputy Registrar ,Cooperative
Societies, Mansa
72
Audit Officer, Cooperative
Societies, Mansa
73
Deputy Economic
& Statistical Adviser, Mansa
74
District Food and
Supplies Controller, Mansa
75
District
Marketing Officer, Mansa
76
Executive
Officer, Municipal Council, Mansa
77
Executive
Officer, Municipal Council, Budhlada
78
Executive
Officer, Municipal Council, Bareta
79
Executive
Officer, Nagar Panchayat, Bhikhi
80
Executive Officer,
Nagar Panchayat, Sardulgarh
81
Depot Manager,
Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Budhlada
82
District
Information and Science Officer (Computer), Mansa
83
Deputy Medical Commissioner, Punjab Health Systems Corporation, Mansa
84
Deputy Director,
Animal Husbandry, Mansa
85
Secretary, Market
Committee, Mansa
86
Secretary, Market
Committee, Bhikhi
87
Secretary, Market
Committee, Budhlada
88
Secretary, Market
Committee, Sardulgarh
Central
Government Officers
1
Income Tax
Officer, Range-I, Mansa
2
Income Tax
Officer, Range-II, Mansa
3
Divisional
Engineer (Telephone), Mansa
4 Sub Divisional Engineer (Telephone), Mansa
5
Station Master,
Railway Station, Mansa
6 Post Master, Post Offices, Mansa
7
Divisional Manager, Food Corporation of