[sivaharimani]

hai Chanda sir,
thanks for your comment on my post. You realy stimulated me to read about the role of the
DC in deep. I gently wants to say the reason for my post in the thread "is realy IAS position
required". I think what i said in the post is correct. the reasons i have given below for your convenience.

As per the role of a district collector,
A collector is a co-ordinating authority in a district.He has to properly handle the
important officers of the district(they may be IPS,IRS,IFS) to co-ordinate them to provide
the service for the people. District collectorate is a unique as it has no parallel in the
district administration.

ofcourse, the IRS officers are responsible to only their respective department
heads.But, a district collector concerned , he is the chief staff or apex of the hiararchy
of a district, having all the important officers of the district to assist him.

Therefore, although Income tax is a central dept, the income tax , sales tax, its
respective arrears, judicial proceedings and taxes leviable in shape of various kinds can
be certified by the district collector only

These proceedings and informations to be certified can be properly moved through
collectors by the officers (who usually IRS officer).

According to the Police Act,Section-4 says that As the role of magistrate of a district
collector, he who has to do the Police administration of the district. The SP heads the
police admin and commissioners in non-rural areas who come under the control of the
district collector.

The annual police administration report to be prepared and submitted through
the DC(district collector) by the SP(usually an IPS officer) even though he is responsible
to the line of authority to the police head DGP, because the operational control of
the police in a district is under the DC.

Police ACT also syas that an SP should stand ant salute to the DC as a
superior to him.

But, I did not like to say that an IPS officer is subordinate to the DC. Thats why i carefully
used the word HANDLE instead of Subordination.

A DC can even check and inspect the SP office and all the police stations in that district,
according to the Police Act.

But the police commission Act 1978, provuded that only the metropolitan cities
Calcutta,Delhi,Bombay,Madras come under the law and order power of the Police Commissionar.

The co-ordinating function gives a DC an immense power, because of the principles of
administration. To be a co-ordinator, he has the power to overall charge of Every important officers in
that district who are answerable to the DC.

However, the DC as a head of the district admin, he supervises and coordinates their works.
Unlike the other district officers, the DC is a generalist civil servant usually a member of IAS. This is what
i meant to say Chanda sir. The officers of various deprts who are supervised by DC as follows,
1.Police
2.Excise/sales/income taxes
3.Medical
4.public health
5.forest
6.education
7.cooperation
8.Agriculture
9.judicial
10.Jails
11.Labour
12.Public works
13.information and publicity
14.Employment
15.Panchayats
16.treasury
17.planning
18.civil supplies ect.,


Several heads and deartments have been set up in district level. same of these are technically headed
by the specialists(ex:taxation-byIRS, Policing by IPS usually). some deprts are public health, public work,
agri, irrigation, revenueofficers.

as he is the chief coordinator of the district to the district plan(king pin action of bottom up approach
of the country), all the plans of the seperate heads as the above mentioned, should take the district as the major operational
unit. So, in this time, the coordination role of the DC is very very vital, ensuring the various departments which
can not execute the tasks directly to the head of the deprt without crossing over the DC and his knowledge.

So, now you can understand what i meant sir, in my post. The chief role of coordinating in the district
give the DC the power to HANDLE the important officers of the district. Thats why the post IAS is given atmost care
and priority both in recruitment and training.

ofcourse sir, in some states the DC need net be an IAS officer. But, i tried to mention only the states in
which DC usually from members of IAS rank, but not other states as you mentioned. In a clear words, he is the CEO
of the district who is overall charge of the important officers and their subordinates.

Reference:Arora goyal, Police ACt, ARC report, Lakshmikanth's notes, and Dr.Fadia

For this information I spent whole day to post and checked the concepts twise and got a good experience.

Thank you sir
sivaharimani