Functions and responsibilities of District Magistrate DM
A District Magistrate and Collector, is an officer who is in-charge of a district, the basic unit of administration, in India. They are also known as District Collector or Deputy Commissioner in several Indian states. In general parlance, they are referred to by the abbreviation DM or DC.
Functions and responsibilities of District Magistrate (DM)
The responsibilities assigned to a district magistrate vary from state to state, but generally, district collectors are entrusted with a wide range of duties in the jurisdiction of the district, generally involving the following:
As District Magistrate:
- Conducts criminal court of executive magistrate.
- Maintenance of law and order.
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Co ordinates of the police .
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Supervision of subordinate executive magistracy and conduct magisterial inquiries.
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Hearing cases under the preventive section of the Criminal Procedure Code.
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Supervision of jails and certification of execution of capital sentences.
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Inspection of police stations, prisons and juvenile homes in the district.
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Authorising parole orders to inmates.
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Granting arms and ammunition licence under Arms Act.
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Prepares panel of names for appointment of public prosecutors and additional public prosecutors with consultation with session judge in district.
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Disaster management during natural calamities such as floods, famines or epidemics.
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Crisis management during riots or external aggression.
- Child Labour/bonded labour related matters.
As District Collector
- Conducts revenue court.
- Arbitrator of land acquisition, its assessment and collection of land revenue.
- Collection of income tax dues, excise duties, irrigation dues and its arrears.
- Registration of Property documents, sale deeds, power of attorneys, defacement, share certificates etc.
- Issue various kinds of statutory certificates including SC/ST, OBC & EWC, Domicile, Nationality, Marriage, etc.
- Relief and rehabilitation.
- Custodian of evacuee and migrant property
- Inspection of various district offices, sub divisions and tehsils.