MANUAL-1 

Particulars of Organization, Functions & Duties

[Section-4 (1) (b) (i)]

Office Name: Office of the Collector & District Magistrate, Balangir

Address- At/PO/PS-Balangir, Odisha, Pin-767001

Working Hour: Day Office- 10.00 AM to 05.30 PM,

 Morning Office- 07.00 AM to 01.00 PM

     Joint Hearing of Public Grievance Cells being conducted headed by Collector & District Magistrate on every Monday (Except Holiday) held on as per schedule. 

Joint Hearing of Public Grievance Schedules available in this website -  https://janasunani.odisha.gov.in/public_hearing

1) Aims and objectives of the Organization :

I) Development Section :

   The aim and objective of the Development Section is monitoring and persuing all the developmental works of the district either directly or indirectly through the Line Department. As the overall performance of the district is the performance of the Collector and District Magistrate. The Development Section to review, monitor and expenditure of overall targeted work and achievement of various line department of the Government. It also reviews the target given to various line Dept. from the Planning and Coordination Deptt. Futher, matters relating to CSR are deal in this section. Sanction of CSR funds as per MoU are made in this section. Transmission of UC of CSR funds also routed thorough this section.

   Various meeting like Citizen Committee, Cooperatives, and DLLC are all either monitored or dealt here. Visit of higher officer, committees and meeting are dealt here. No direct funds for implementation of various developmental programs are received.

II) Establishment Section:

1.Maintenance and adjustment of administrative set up.

2.Recruitment
3. Disciplinary measures (Quasi Judicial-Access to information is limited in the interest of Administration)
4. All types of personal monetary claims and salary of staff  / Pension / Transfer posting  of Revenue Employee of Balangir District.

III) District Nizarat Section:

1.Smooth cash transaction of the District Office

2.Proper maintenance of Circuit House
3. Arrangement and smooth accommodation of the V.I.Ps and State Guests
4. Stock & Store of the articles of the office
5. Provision of forms & stationery and saleable village maps

IV) General & Misc. Section:

To assist the District Collector in District Administration.

V) District Touzi Section:

   The District Touzi Section is one of the wing of Collectorate, Balangir, its aims is to watch the performances of the Tahsildars in collection of revenues.

VI) B.C.P. Cell:

   The Scheme boundary change proceedings (B.C.P. Cell) started as per Order No.4723/ LR&S dt.12.05.1997 Board of Revenue Odisha, Cuttack.

   Its main aim is to bifurcate the hamlet villages from the original revenue villages an accordance with instruction of Revenue Deptt. In letter No.39114/R. dt.01.09.1994 and Guidelines of Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack vide letter o.15706/ LR&S dt.16.12.1994.

VII) District Record Room:

         The Settlement Operation are being held from time to time and after completion of their operation all the documents and records are to be preserved in a separate section. Besides this there are 23nos. of Sections are functioning in Collectorate, Balangir. After completion of two years, the files, register and disposed off revenue Case records have been consigned by them are to be stored in a Section which called District Record Room.

VIII) Emergency Section: Disaster management

IX) Judicial Section:

       The Judicial Section deals with maintenance of Law and Order, appointment of law officers to defend in the cases on behalf of the State, Grant of Arm/ Explosive licenses to the needy and feasible persons, grant of Cinema/ Video Licenses, permissions to show opera/ circus etc.

X) Revenue Section:

      The Revenue Section is one of the Wings of the Collectorate, Balangir headed by the Chief Revenue Authority (Collector & A.D.M, Balangir) being assist by one Officer-in-charge. The aim of this Section is safeguard the Government land, proper utilization of Govt. land protection security to the landed properties belongs to SC/ST people and provides the land to home stead less and landless person as per the provisions of the OGLS Act, 1962, OPLE Act 1972 and OGLS Rules, 1983 as well as OLR Act 1960 through the Tahasildars/Sub-Collectors under the supervision of Chief Revenue authority of the District. The objects of this Section is all the illegible landless family as per the provisions OGLS Act should be provided with the Govt. land for house site and agricultural purpose.

XI) Superintendent of Land Records :

         India being primarily and Agricultural Country, Land Plays an important part in the nation's life, Records of right of the owners and occupants of land and up-to-date maintenance there of are therefore, the primary work of administration. This is the basic record on which depend all other aspects of revenue administration. Computer makes vital role in administration. Government of India therefore provides fund to the State Government to make upto date maintenance of records of right through setting of Computer. Computer have been set up from the grass root level i.e. from Block level and Tahasil level so also it has been spread and installed at Sub-divisional Data Centre so also in State Sector. Steps have been taken to make the data entries of mutation of computerization of land records in on line (up to date). E-mail Governance has been implemented. Besides this internet facilities are also being shortly available from Tahasil, Block level to State level in order to speedy transmission of data to each other places and accommodate getting of Certified copies of land particulars in every computer cells centre in the district to get the same by the deserving land owners.

             The Superintendent of Land Records is a Member of Collector's Establishment and is responsible to the Collector for effective control of all the land records work of the district. Besides he shall function as technical adviser to the Collector to all matters relating to survey and land records and settlement. He is in charge of the work of Record Room, Copying Section and Land Records and he is also direct to supervise the Computer Cells in Tahasil Offices, Sub-Divisional Offices as well as District Data Centres to make the Computer installation programme success.

2) Mission/Vision :

I) Development Section :

   The overall mission and vision of the Section is reviewing, monitoring and optimum achievement of target of all the line department and its vision is all round success of all the developmental works of the district by repeated prusuation.

II) Establishment Section :

1. 1. Recruitment of ministerial, revenue field staff including drivers and stenographers / Group- D Employee under revenue administration.
      ii. To provide clean and transparent administration.
      iii. In the administrative hierarchy Establishment section is the control room of Collector through which his authority flows.
2. c) District Nizarat Section :
3. Smooth financial transaction and proper utilization of Govt. money,
   ii. Proper maintenance of Circuit house and smooth accommodation of VIPs and State guests.
4. d) General & Misc. Section :

    To facilitate the common Citizen with the Schemes of the Government.

III) District Touzi Section:

1. To achieve the cent percent targets fixed by the Board of Revenue, Odisha, Cuttack under Land Revenue and Water Rate through various plan.
   ii. It is being done through the field Officers i.e. Three Sub-Collectors & Six Tahsildars.
2. f) B.C.P. Cell:

   To create now revenue villages with the view of benevolent development of the villagers and villages and also to provide benefit and facility to the villagers in the Govt. level.

IV) District Record Room:

   To preserved the Records in safe custody on behalf of Government and to supply the same to the deserving person as and when required by them.

V) Emergency Section:

   Proper management of natural calamities.

VI) Judicial Section:

   The mission of the Section is to safeguard the state interest in respect of civil and criminal administration.

VII) Revenue Section:

   By implementation of the "Basundhara Scheme", a plan has been made to provide the home stead land to all homestead less family through the Tahasildar of this District. The Urban Local Bodies Committees have constituted by taking two members from the Local Bodies to facilitate to dispose of the application for disposal by providing home stead land for Urban Area. Implementation of various land bases scheme provided by Govt. from time to time.

VIII) Superintendent of Land Records:

   To supervise the updation and proper maintenance of records of right in Tahasil Offices of Balangir District.

 

3) Brief History and Background for its Establishment:

I) Establishment Section:

   Since its inception, it has been conducting recruitment, attending all the financial aspects of the staff.

II) Development Section: It has been monitoring and persuing all the developmental works of the district either direclty or indirectly through Line Department.

 

4) Allocation of Business:

1.  Establishment Section:

   Establishment Section is entrusted with the work of gazetted establishment, non-gazetted establishment of revenue department directly under the administrative control of Collector, salary and other financial provisions of staff. Budget, pension, disciplinary measures, transfer-posting , promotion of staff. Provides rehabilitation assistance, identifies families in distress as per government notification from time to time.

5) Duties to be performed to achieve the Mission:

1.  Establishment Section:

   Distribution of work among the staff, reshuffling of duty entrusted is being done from time to time for smooth management of office.

2. II) Development Section: Distribution of work among the staff, reshuffing of duty entrusted is being done from time to time for smooth management of office.

 

6) Details of Service rendered:

1. ) Establishment Section:

     Job opportunities, promotional avenues, attending personal claims etc.Working as a helping hand in administering justice by Collector.

7) Citizens interaction:

1.  Establishment Section:

     Primarily, the work of Establishment Section is staff oriented and as such it has less public (citizen) interaction.

8) Postal address of the main office attached/ Sub-ordinate office/ field units etc.:

1. c) Establishment Section:

District Office Establishment section Collectorate, Balangir. Ph.No. 232331 Odisha, Pin. 767001.

9) Map of Office location:

1. ) Establishment Section:

     The map is hung on the wall of the main corridor of the Collectorate building for public notice. Establishment section is functioning in Room No. 50 and the O.I.C. has her office in Room No.61.

10) Working hours both for office and Public:

     Working hours both for office and public   Office functions between 10 AM to 5.30 PM with a lunch break between 1.30 PM to 2 PM. . during day office and from 7.00 A.M. to 1.00.pm. during morning office. On all working days as per Govt. Calendar printed and published by the Government of Odisha for each calendar year. However Officer and employees are available to dispose off the day's assignment up to an extended hour as per requirement.

12) Grievance redress mechanism:

1. c) Establishment Section:

Top priority is given on the grievance of the staff on service matter