APPOINTMENT
7. Classes of Revenue Officers:-
(1) There shall be the following classes of Revenue Officers, namely:-
(a) the Board of Revenue
(b) the Commissioner
(c) the Collector
(d) the Assistant Collector of the first grade
(e) the Assistant Collector of second grade
(2) The Deputy Commissioner of the District or the officer performing for the time being functions as such, shall be the Collector thereof.
8. Appointment of Commissioners and Collectors.
For each Division there shall be a Commissioner, and in each District there shall be a Collector, who shall be appointed by Government, and who shall exercise throughout the Division or District, as the case may be, all the powers, and discharge all the duties, of the Commissioner or Collector, as the case may be, under this Act.
9. Additional Commissioners and Additional Collectors.
Government may appoint in any Division an Additional Commissioner or in any District an Additional Collector, who shall exercise throughout the Division or District concerned all or any of the Powers and discharge all or any of the duties conferred or imposed on a Commissioner or Collector, as the case may be, by or under this Act, subject to the general supervision and control of the Commissioner of the Division in the case of Additional Commissioner, and the Collector of the District in the case of Additional Collector.
10. Assistant Collector.
(1) Government may appoint to each District as many Assistant Collector of the first and second grade as it may deem expedient.
(3) Government may place the revenue administration of a sub-Division and Taluka in a District in the charge of any Assistant Collector of the first grade appointed to that District and confer all or any of the powers of the Collector on such officer under sub-section (1) of section 16.
(4) If any of the powers of a Collector, under this Act are conferred on an Assistant Collector they shall be exercised by him subject to the control of the Collector.
11. Tahsildars etc.
There shall be a Mukhtiarkar (Revenue) of a Taluka who shall exercise the powers of the Assistant Collector of second grade and discharge such duties as may be expressly conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act.
12. Certain appointments to be notified.
The appointment of all officers under this Chapter shall be by notification.
ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL
13. Superintendence and control of Revenue Officers.-
(1) The Board of Revenue shall be subject to the control of Government.
(2) The general superintendence and control over all other, Revenue Officers shall be vested in, and all such Officers shall be subordinate to, the Board of Revenue.
(3) Subject to the general control of the Board of Revenue, a Commissioner shall control all other Revenue Officers in his Division.
(4) Subject as aforesaid and to the control of the Commissioner, a Collector shall control all other Revenue Officers in his District.
14. Power to distribute business and withdraw and transfer cases.-
(1) The Board of Revenue may, by written order, distribute in such manner as may be deemed fit, any business cognizable by any Revenue Officer under its control, and by like order, withdraw any case pending before any such Officer. The powers exercisable by the Board of Revenue under sub-section (1) may, by like order and in like manner be exercised by a Commissioner or Collector in respect of any business cognizable by, or any case pending before, other Revenue Officers under their respective control.
(2) Where a case is withdrawn by the Board of Revenue under sub-section (1), the Board may dispose of it itself, or, by written order, refer it for disposal to any Revenue Officer; and where a case is withdrawn by a Commissioner or Collector under sub-section (2), the Commissioner or Collector, as the case may be, may dispose of it himself, or by like order, refer it to any other Revenue Officer under his control.
(3) No order under this section shall empower any Revenue Officer to exercise any powers or deal with any business which he would not be competent to exercise or deal with within the local limits of his own jurisdiction.
15. Combination of offices.-
It shall be lawful for Government to appoint one and the same person, being otherwise competent according to law, to any two or more of the offices provided for in this Chapter.