Collectorate
The Collector plays a pivotal role in the District administration. Collector is head of the district administration and belongs to Indian Administrative Services (IAS).He acts as the District Magistrate for maintaining Law and Order in his jurisdiction. He deals mainly with planning and development, law and order, revenue collection, general elections, arms licensing etc.
The responsibilities assigned to Collector are as follows-
As District Magistrate
- Maintain the law and order.
- Supervision of the police and jails.
- Supervision of subordinate Executive magistracy.
- Hearing cases under the preventive section of the Criminal Procedure Code.
- Supervision of jails and certification of execution of capital sentences.
- Arbitrator of land acquisition.
- Disaster management during natural calamities such as floods, famines or epidemics.
- Crisis management during riots or external aggression.
As Collector
- Land assessment
- Land acquisition
- Collection
- Collection of income tax dues, excise duties, irrigation dues etc.
- Distribution of agricultural loans
As Deputy Commissioner/District Commissioner
- Reports to Divisional Commissioner on all matters.
As District Election Officer
- Conducts Elections in the district, be it General, Assembly or Municipal.
- Acts as the Returning Officer for the Lok Sabha constituency in the district.
A District Magistrate is assisted by some following for carrying out day-to-day work in various fields-
- Suprintendant of Police
- Additional District Magistrate
- Chief Development Officer
- Sub- Divisional Magistrate
- Other Officers
Location Of Collectorate
Collectrate is situated at Allahabad road. It is about half kilometer from Bus Stand. District Magistrate’s and other senior officers situated here.
Contact Phone number : 05362- 240202/203
Contact Email Id : dmsul[at]nic[dot]in
District official website : http://sultanpur.nic.in