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The District Administration has got two parallel administrative bodies :

The Zilla Panchayat is under the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR)department. It is the executing body for the development works of Zilla Panchayat programmes and is the monitoring body for the development works of the Taluk Panchayats and the Gram Panchayats.

This office is headed by the Chief Executive Officer.

The Deputy Commissioner's Office is under the Revenue department and sees to the overall administration of the district and maintains Law and Order .

The Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) is the head of this office.

DC's OFFICE

The Deputy Commissioner's Office is headed by the Deputy Commissioner (Revenue)

He is in charge of the general administration of the entire district and is responsible for maintaining law and order in the district. The Deputy Commissioner is assisted by the Head Quarters Assistant .He is the head of the Revenue district.

Mysore Revenue district is divided into 2 sub-divisions headed by Assistant Commissioners. These sub-divisions are comprised of talukas headed by Tahsildars. Taluks are further divided into hoblis headed by Revenue inspectors. These hoblis are comprised of villages. Groups of villages are formed into Village Accountant circles. Village Accountants maintain revenue records and it is their duty to collect revenue and other dues.

The Administrative Section directly assisting the Deputy Commissioner in his office is headed by the Office Assistant of the rank of Tahsildar.

There are four sub-sections in this office : 1)Service section which deals with service matters of the staff 2)Revenue section which collects all government dues 3)Judicial section which looks after all matters coming under the purview of CRPC, IPC & CPC Acts 4)Election section which looks after all election matters.

Mysore Deputy Commissioner has a Protocol Tahsildar to look into the protocol matters of VIPs.
There is a Muncipal Tahsildar to deal with Muncipal affairs. There are seven muncipal offices in Mysore. They are :K.R.Nagara, Hunsur, Periyapatna, H.D.Kote, Nanjangud, T. Narasipur and Bannur.

There is an Election Tahsildar to look into the election works.

The Deputy Commissioner is an appellate authority against the orders of Assistant Commissioners and Tahsildars regarding Land matters or any other administrative matters.


Zilla Panchayat

The Zilla Panchayat is headed by the Adyaksha and assisted by the Upadyaksha, a team of 39 ZP elected members, and MLAs, MLCs and MPs who are ex-officio members of ZP. In all, there are 63 elected members who take decisions regarding the financial, social and developmental matters of the whole district.

The term of the Adyaksha and Upadyaksha is for a period of 20 months.

There are 5 sub-committees:

1) Planning, Finance and Audit sub-committee headed by the ZP Adyaksha

2) General Standing sub-committee headed by ZP Upadyaksha

3) Education and Health sub-committee

4) Agriculture and Industry sub-committee

5) Social Justice sub-committee


The executing authority is the Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Government.

The Chief Executive Officer is assisted by

a) The Deputy Secretary

b) The Chief Planning Officer

c) The Chief Accounts Officer

d) Project Director

e) The Counsel Secretary

Planning Section:

The Chief Planning Officer heads the Planning Section. This section

Compiles the requirements of the plan amounts of Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat and the Zilla Panchayat.  Prepares the perspective plan of the Grama Panchayat,Taluk Panchayat and the Zilla Panchayat

Distributes the plan schemes grants released from the government to Zilla Panchayat among Zilla Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat and Grama Panchayat Monitors the progress of implementation of plan schemes Prepares Taluk panchayat Grama Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat annual developmental plan
Prepares the draft plan for Zilla Panchayat and urban local bodies for submission to the Finance Committee
Prepares the MMR for each Plan schemes
Prepares the notes for monthly and quarterly KDP meetings
Prepares the notes for review meeting of District-in-charge
Prepares the guidelines, allotment and physical targets of the action plan
Monitors the implementation of all housing schemes in the rural areas of the district
Feeding and monitoring grama panchayati samanya mahiti
Prepares the notes for District Planning Committee meeting

Role of the Accounts Section :

The Chief Accounts Officer is the financial head.

The section prepares the budget of Zilla Panchayat
Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual accounts
Advises the CEO regarding financial transactions
Monitors the repayment of loans, interest on loans from other departments
Internal audit of Taluk Panchayat, Grama Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat
Releases the amount from Zilla Panchayat to various implementing officers
Role of Administrative section:

Supervision of the administrative work of all departments coming under Zilla Panchayat and Zilla Panchayat office
Administrative and general supervision of Zilla Panchayat activities
Deputy Secretary works as Secretary of 3 standing sub-committees

Role of Development section:

Deals with all correspondence for RDPR programs and sends reports for RDPR schemes

Role of Project Director Section:

Implements SGSY, Rajiv Gandhi drinking water scheme, Swacha grama and IREP schemes

Role of Counsel section :

Preparation of agenda for the Zilla Panchayat general body meetings and Sub-committee meetings
Answer the questions of the ZP members
Issue meeting notices
Record meeting proceedings
Take follow-up action on whatever points were taken up at the meetings

Important Telephone Numbers
Chief Executive Officer 2330052
Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) 2424079
Police Commissioner 2523777
Joint Director of Collegiate Education 2426696
Joint Director of Public Instruction 2422208
Pri. District & Sessions Judge 2330452
Jt.Director of Agriculture 2442239
Government Guest Houses  
Government House Nazarbad 2520653
PWD Guest House 2443352
Chamundi Guest House 2421152
Jaladarshini Guest House 2517344
Other Government departments  
Administrative Training Institute 2443264
Karnataka Public Service Commission 2545918
Central Public Works Department 2473649
Commissioner of Income Tax 2486499
Prison Training Institute 2497744
RTO 2330364
Regional Tourist Office 2421833
Water Supply & Drainage Board 2543552
Weights & Measures 2363107
Women & Child  Development Department 2495432
Youth Services & Sports 2564179
Zoo Authority of Karnataka 2520302