What is a joint magistrate?

What is a joint magistrate?

Joint Magistrates, being Joint to DM, and also holding the charge of an SDM, are subordinate to ADM. Today, there is no such Joint Magistrate in UP. Junior IAS officers, still known as Joint Magistrates, are appointed as SDMs.

What is difference between magistrate and collector?

The District Collector is the highest Officer of Revenue administration in the district. A district magistrate, often abbreviated to DM, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer who is the senior-most executive magistrate and chief in charge of the general administration of a district in India.

What is meant by additional collector?

The additional collector/ district revenue officer runs the revenue administration under various enactments in the district. He/She is also designated as an additional district magistrate, mainly dealing with civil supplies, land matters, mines and minerals, village officers etc.

Who is bigger ADM or DM?

The Additional District Magistrate enjoys the same powers as that of District Officer under the rules. ADM is second top administrative officer lead by district magistrate. He performs various managerial level tasks under the supervision of DM.

What are the powers of joint magistrate?

Functions and responsibilities

• Conducts criminal court of executive magistrate.
• Maintenance of law and order.
• Co ordinates of the police .
• Supervision of subordinate executive magistracy and conduct magisterial inquiries.
• Hearing cases under the preventive section of the Criminal Procedure Code.

Who is joint magistrate in UP?

Shri Junaid Ahmad IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2019) presently Assistant Collector, Bareilly, has been appointed as Joint Magistrate, Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. Indian Bureaucracy Dot Com wishes Shri Junaid Ahmad the very best.

How do you become a joint collector?

After promotion in the State cadre, you would become Deputy Collector and then Joint Collector. After spending around 20 years or so (depending upon the number of vacancy), you will become IAS (Promotee) subject to qualifying UPSC-conducted interview.

What is the difference between joint collector and additional collector?

Additional Collector [called as Joint Collector or Additional District Magistrate in some states] looks after the affairs of one complete district. He is the next higher authority in a district after District Collector [called as District Magistrate in some states].

What is the difference between district collector and District Magistrate?

Difference between District Collector and District Magistrate is explained here in detail. The District Collector is the highest Officer of Revenue administration in the district. In revenue matters, he/she is responsible to the Government through the Divisional Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner (Revenue).

What is the role of additional collector in District?

Additional Collector [called as Joint Collector or Additional District Magistrate in some states] looks after the affairs of one complete district. He is the next higher authority in a district after District Collector [called as District Magistrate in some states]. I think the designation of Additional Collector do not exist in many states.

Who occupied the post of a joint magistrate of the district?

This post was occupied by the Collector of the District. Some larger districts had a post of a subordinate ICS officer, who was an understudy of the Collector. In UP, they were known as Joint Magistrates [Joint Magistrate < Magistrate (of the District)].