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No.SML-AC/Nodalofficer/(RTI)/2019- Dated:-15/01/2019 in Accordance *OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, SHIMLA DISTRICT, SHIMLA*. No.SML-AC/NodalOfficer/(RTI)/2019- Dated:-15/01/2019 In accordance with the clause (b) of sub section 1 of section 4 of Right to Information Act, 2005 the following records and other activities in respect of Deputy Commissioner’s office, Shimla, District Shimla under the Revenue Department of Himachal Pradesh are as under:- THE PARTICULARS OF ITS ORGANIZATION, FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES: The Deputy Commissioner is the Chief Executive officer in the District. The next officers in the District are Addl. Deputy Commissioner, Addl. District Magistrate, Assistant Commissioner to the Deputy Commissioner, District Revenue Officer, Tehsildar (Recovery). At District Headquarter there is one Superintendent Gr. I and Three nos. of Superintendent Gr. II i.e Superintendent (Revenue) and Superintendent (Development) and Reader to D.C., Shimla. Private Secretary to D.C and Sr. Scale Stenographer with ADC and Jr. Scale Stenographer with ADM has been posted and a post of Steno typist is with District Revenue Officer. There are Twenty Nine Nos. of Sr. Assistant posted at the District Hqr including Sub-Divisions and Tehsils Shimla (U)/(R) and (Rec.).The position of sanctioned strength and existing of Ministerial staff in the establishment of this District are as under :- DETAIL OF STAFF AS ON 31.12.2018 IN THE DISTRICT SHIMLA. Sr. No. Name of post Category No. of Number of Number of sanctioned filled posts vacant posts. post 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Deputy Commissioner. I 1 1 Nil 2 Addl. Deputy Commissioner I 1 1 Nil 3 Addl. District Magistrate I 2 2 Nil 4 Assistant Commissioner I 1 1 Nil 5 Sub-Divisional Magistrates I 8 8 Nil 6 District Revenue Officer I 1 1 Nil 7 Superintendent Gr.-I I 1 1 Nil 8 Private Secretary I 1 1 Nil 9 Tehsildar I 16 12 4 10 Naib-Tehsildar II 26 23 3 11 Superintendent Gr.-II III 26 24 02 12 Personal Assistant III 1 Nil 1 13 Sr. Scale Stenographer III 5 1 4 14 Jr. Scale Stenographer III 1 1 Nil 15 Sr. Assistant. III 72 59 13 16 Clerks III 154 154 Nil 17 Jr. Office Assistant (IT) III 35 34 01 18 Steno Typist III 8 2 6 19 Drivers III 15 09 6 20 File Fatcher III 1 1 Nil 21 Daftri IV 9 5 4 22 Jamadar IV 26 24 2 23 Process Server IV 68 34 34 24 Peon IV 138 114 24 25 BastaBardar IV 6 5 1 26 Mali IV 2 2 Nil 27 Chowkidar IV 13 13 Nil 28 Sweeper IV 8 8 Nil Grand Total Category Sanctioned Filled up Vacant. posts posts posts Class-I 32 28 4 Class-II 26 23 3 Class-III 318 285 33 Class-IV 270 205 65 List of Officers posted in Shimla District: Name of officer Designation Office Number Mobile No. Residence No. D.C. Shimla. Sh. RajeshwarGoel. 2655988 9418081672 2803400 2653535(Fax) A.D.C. Shimla Mrs. DebaSwetaBanik. 2657003 9459361190 ADM(L&O) Smt. Prabha Rajeev 2657005 9418555988 ADM(P) Sh. Naresh Thakur 2653436 9418499992 AC to DC Sh. Nishant Thakur. 2657011 9459911011 DRO Sh. Manjeet Sharma. 2657013 9418120005 D.I.O. NIC Sh. Pankaj Gupta 2658905 9418460445 DPO (Planning) Dr. Suresh Kumar 2657003 9816666239 Surya. SDM’s in Shimla District( 8) SDM Shimla(U) Ms. NeerajChandla. 2657007 94187-85085 SDM Shimla(R) Sh. Neeraj Gupta. 2657009 94181-81160 SDM Chopal. Sh. Ajit Kumar Bhardwaj 01783-260014 94184-60333 SDM Rampur. Sh. Narender Chauhan. 01782-233002 94598-78383 SDM D/Kawar Sh. Ratti Ram. 01781-272001 94181-17674 SDM Rohru Sh. Babu Ram Sharma. 01781-240009 9418069810 SDM Theog Sh. Mohan Dutt 01783238502 94180-42880 SDM Kumarsain. Ms. ChetnaKhadwal 01782-241111 94184-56920 Tehsildars in Shimla District ( 16). TehsildarChopal Vacant 01783-260039 TehsildarChirgaon Shri Narottamlal. 01781-277232 98161-10126 TehsildarRohru Sh. Jasmer Singh. 01781-240088 94184-77468 TehsildarTheog Sh. VedParkash 01783-238242 94181-22832 Tehsildar Sunni Sh. Rajesh Verma. 0177-2786625 94181-61070 Tehsildar (Rural) Shri Harish Kumar 0177-2813064 94184-78500 Tehsildar (Urban) Sh. Sanjeev Gupta. 0177-2807241 98160-09140 TehsildarJubbal Sh. Chander Mohan 01781252014 88940-08200 Thakur. TehsildarKotkhai Shri RaveeshChandel. 01783-255368 98160-43007 TehsildarKumarsain. Vacant 01782-240033 Tehsildar Rampur Sh. Vipin Thakur. 01782-233003 9459967548 TehsildarKupvi Sh. Gautam Singh. 01783-270292 98165-81266 TehsildarNankhari. Ms. Beena Thakur. 01782-225625 8894676628 TehsildarNerwa. Sh. Rishabh Sharma. 01783-264386 98051-19444 Tehsildar Recovery Ms. Gaytri Sharma. 0177-2651201 9816035947 Tehsildar(Election) Sh. Rajinder Kumar. 2657021 NaibTehsildars in Shimla District (26) N. T. Shimla(U) Shri Hira Lal Ghezta. 0177-2651201 94183-43075 N. T. Shimla(R) Shri Bal KrishanNegi 0177-2651202 94181-40690 N.T. Junga Sh. Balak Ram 0177-2752520 97180-66551 N.T. Dhami Sh. Praveen Kumar. 0177-2790909 94184-61187 N.T.Nankhari Sh.Nand Lal Kainthla. 01782-225625 98168-14894 N.T.Nerwa Vacant. 01783-264386 N.T.Kotkhai Sh. VipanVerma. 01783255368 98164-32070 N.T. Jubbal Sh. Mohtu Ram. 01781252014 98167-22844 N.T.Theog Sh. Anil Kumar Sood. 01783238242 94188-94972 N.T. Tikkar Vacant. 01781-233547 N.T.Chirgaon Vacant. 01781277232 N.T.Rohru Sh. Narain Singh Verma. 01781-240088 88940-54777 N.T.Rampur Sh. Dewa Chand Negi. 01782-233003 94180-57934 N. T. Kumarsain Shri Satpal Sharma. 01782-240033 94181-37189 N. T. Kotgarh. Sh. Pradeep Kumar. 01782-222322 94181-54270 N. T. DodraKawar Sh. Malak Raj Kashyap 01781-277201 N. T. Sunni. Bhoop Ram Verma. 0177-2786625 94180-21216 N. T. Chopal. Sh. Raghubir Singh 01783260039 98165-39866 N. T. Deha. Sh. Ravi Kant. 01783-231150 94591-01958 N. T. Saraswati Nagar. Vacant. N. T. Jalog. Sh. Bhoop Ram Thakur 82198-92343 N. T. Kupvi. Vacant. 01783-270292 N. T. Sarahan. Sh. Dalip Chand. 94180-17702 N. T. Jangla. Vacant. -- 82197-40196 N.T. Taklech. Sh. Diwan Singh. 94590-87598 N.T. (LRC) Sh. Bhagwan Chand 0177-2651201 98170-69551 Nalwa. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF ITS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES; DEPUTYCOMMISSIONER: The office as well as District is headed by the Deputy Commissioner. He is responsible for the implementation of program and policies of Central and State Government in the District. As such he is representative of the government at District level. The Deputy Commissioner deals and coordinates the working of all Government offices within the District and looks after the law and order situation in the District. He is the primary relief agency in cases of natural calamities, be it fire, flood or drought. He controls the elections of MP’s, MLA’s, Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, ZilaParishad and urban local bodies. The Deputy Commissioner is also appointing and disciplinary authority of the entire class III & IV staff (except Superintendent Grade- II) including Patwari and Kanungo working in the District. He is vested with powers under various Act, rules, regulations, codes and manuals etc. He is also District Election Officer and conducts and superintends the general and bye elections for Panchayats, Legislative Assembly, ZilaParishad, Panchayat Samities, Panchayats and Local Self Governments. In brief, the Deputy Commissioner is responsible for the following functions and activities: (A) As DistrictMagistrate: 1. Deputy Commissioner is responsible for the maintenance of Law and Order in the District. 2. Controls and supervisions the issuance of various licenses under Arms and Explosion Act, etc. 3. Supervisions and monitors the performance of Prosecution Agency and thepolice. 4. Conducts and gets conducted the inspection of PoliceStations/Posts. 5. He is also responsible for taking action against hoarding, black-marketing and charging of higher rates of essential and eatable commodities and fixed the rates of essential commodities. (B) As DistrictCollector 1. He is an appellate authority in the revenue cases and other cases under various Acts and gets execute the orders of CivilCourts. 2. He is responsible for relief and rehabilitation during natural calamities and disasters management. 3. Inspects and monitors the functioning of stamp venders and NotaryPublic. 4. He is the appointing and disciplinary authority of Kanungos andPatwaris. 5. As Registrar, he looks after the registration & sales, purchases and other transactions of land and other immovable properties and ensures that the stamps duty is not evaded and the value of land is not underassessed. 6. All licensed liquor shops are auctioned in his chairmanship in theDistrict. (C ) As Deputy Commissioner 1. Ensures implementation of Government programs and policies and coordinates development works in thedistrict. 2. Coordinate the developmental, cultural, social, health and medical, promotion of tourism and other activities of various departments in thedistrict. 3. He is Chief Executive Officer of District Rural DevelopmentAgency. 4. He is the Chairman of District Red Cross society and District Child WelfareSociety. 5. He conducts and ensures the inspection of Offices of Block DevelopmentOfficers. 6. Monitors, inspects and controls the functioning of all the branch officers and branches underthem. 7. He is Appellate Authority under the Right to Information Act for DC Office, District Red Cross Society, Gram Panchayat/Panchayat Samiti Elections, ZilaParishad elections, Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayatoffice. 8. He is the Coordinator-cum-Chairman of District level Inter-Developmental Committees for Efficiency inAdministration. 9. International fairs like Shimla Summer Festival, Lavi fair are held under his Chairmanship. The Additional Deputy Commissioner is the senior most Officers to assist the Deputy Commissioner in the matters listed below:- 1. As Project Director of District Rural Development Agency, looks after the development works. 2. As Chief Executive Officer, ZilaParishad looks after the various developmental issues pertaining to the Panchayati RajInstitutions. 3. As Chairman, District Water and Sanitation Committee, looks after the work of SwajaldharaScheme. 4. Controls Development Branch, Twenty Point Branch and Small Saving Cell, Planning Cell relief and GrievancesBranch.
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