;The District officials include: •
District & Sessions Judge (Principal & additional), an office to
Indian Judicial Service (state), responsible for
justice and passing orders of
imprisonment, including the
death penalty and also have limited administrative power. Also have appellate jurisdiction over all subordinate courts in the district for both civil and criminal matters. •
District Magistrate or
Deputy Commissioner or
District Collector, an officer of the
Indian Administrative Service, in charge of land revenue
administration, disaster management, maintenance of public order, co-ordination, etc •
Superintendent of Police or Senior Superintendent of Police or Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the
Indian Police Service, responsible for maintaining
law and order. Superintendent of Police is incharge of the police administration of the respective
police district. The police district is either coterminous with the revenue/administrative district or divided into two within the revenue district. • Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the
Indian Forest Service, entrusted with the management of the forests,
environment and wildlife of the district • Other district-level officials of respective state government departments, such as the
District Educational Officer,
District Medical Officer, District Supply Officer, District Fire Officer, District Development Commissioner, etc. Each of these officials is aided by officers from the appropriate branch of the state government. Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of
Mumbai City in
Maharashtra,
Kolkata in
West Bengal,
Hyderabad in
Telangana, and
Chennai in
Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors. These district headquarter is known as "Collectorates". == Overview ==