The duties of the Sub Divisional Magistrate, Jagraon within this Sub Division are almost similar to those of the Deputy Commissioner within the district. In all matters of administration, he has to be the Deputy Commissioner's principal agent.
SDM is also incharge of various development activities going on in the Sub Division and is also responsible for co-ordinating the work of various departments. For that he has to tour the area to keep a watch on the development activities, the revenue administration as also the law & order situation in the Sub Division. Besides this the SDM has to look after the grievances of the public and to attend to the problems arising out of the natural calamities. The SDM also supervises the work of revenue agency in the Sub Division.
There is no denying the fact that the job of a Sub Divisonal Magistrate is independent in character to some extent. He is primarily responsible for everything that happens within his jurisdiction and must accordingly take his decisions to a large extent, independently.
Sub Divisional Magistrate is conferred with various powers under the land revenue and tenancy acts.
SDM also acts as Assistant Collector under the Punjab Land Revenue Act and Punjab Tenancy Act. He is also the appellate authority in cases decided by his subordinate revenue officers.
The Executive Magistrate placed by the State Government as incharge of the Sub Division is termed as the Sub Divisional Magistrate Under section 20(4) Cr.p.c.and under section 23 Cr.P.C. the Sub divisional Officer like other Executive Magistrates of the District is subordinate to the District Magistrate and is responsible for the maintenance of law and order within the limits of his local jurisdiction. He enjoys very wide powers under section 107/151,109,110,133,144,and 145 Cr.P.C. etc. He also hears court cases under these sections.
Sr. | Officer Name | Cadre | From | To |
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1 | Sh.Amrik Singh | PCS | 04-12-1961 | 09-03-1963 |
2 | Sh.Barjinder Singh | PCS | 09-04-1963 | 11-06-1965 |
3 | Sh. Inder Singh Raikhy | PCS | 11-06-1965 | 31-10-1966 |
4 | Sh.Hardyal Singh | PCS | 09-11-1966 | 19-07-1967 |
5 | Sh.Santokh Singh | PCS | 20-07-1967 | 31-10-1967 |
6 | Sh.Barjinder Singh | PCS | 20-11-1967 | 10-11-1968 |
7 | Sh.M.L.Trighatia | PCS | 11-11-1968 | 18-11-1968 |
8 | Sh.R.D.Gupta | PCS | 19-11-1968 | 15-05-1969 |
9 | Sh.Barjinder Singh | PCS | 03-06-1969 | 01-02-1971 |
10 | Sh.G.S.Brar | PCS | 02-02-1971 | 03-06-1972 |
11 | Sh.Inder Singh Raikhy | PCS | 05-06-1972 | 26-10-1973 |
12 | Sh.Randhir Singh | PCS | 20-11-1973 | 14-05-1976 |
13 | Sh. R.L.Sharma | PCS | 15-05-1976 | 16-08-1977 |
14 | Sh.Jatinder Singh | PCS | 18-08-1977 | 17-09-1980 |
15 | Sh. Bikram Singh | PCS | 18-09-1980 | 05-01-1984 |
16 | Sh. Gian Singh Sandhu | PCS | 12-01-1984 | 01-08-1985 |
17 | Sh.Navreet Singh Kang | IAS | 20-08-1985 | 30-03-1986 |
18 | Sh.Darshan Singh Sandhu | PCS | 30-03-1986 | 24-02-1988 |
19 | Sh.Jwahar Lal Malhotra | PCS | 24-02-1988 | 06-06-1988 |
20 | Sh. J.S.Sodhi | PCS | 10-06-1988 | 11-12-1990 |
21 | Sh.Iqbal Singh Sidhu | PCS | 11-12-1990 | 02-05-1992 |
22 | Sh.Jagtar Singh Mahi | PCS | 27-05-1992 | 30-04-1995 |
23 | Sh.Narinder Singh Batth | PCS | 17-10-1995 | 20-06-1997 |
24 | Sh. Gurloveleen Singh Sidhu | PCS | 20-06-1997 | 22-05-2000 |
25 | Sh.Jaspal Mittal | PCS | 22-05-2000 | 15-04-2002 |
26 | Sh.Gurmit Singh | PCS | 15-04-2002 | 23-03-2005 |
27 | Sh.Sukhwinder Singh Gill | PCS | 24-03-2005 | 12-10-2006 |
28 | Sh.Gurpreet Singh Khaira | PCS | 13-10-2006 | 05-04-2007 |
29 | Sh. Gurloveleen Singh Sidhu | PCS | 12-04-2007 | 02-02-2009 |
30 | Sh.Mukand Singh Sandhu | PCS | 19-02-2009 | 11-07-2011 |
31 | Smt. Isha | IAS | 07-09-2011 | 30-04-2012 |
32 | Sh.Gurmit Singh | PCS | 30-04-2012 | 30-08-2013 |
33 | Ms.Apneet Riyait | IAS | 30-08-2013 | 12-01-2015 |
34 | Sh.Avikesh Gupta | PCS | 14-01-2015 | 27-01-2015 |
35 | Sh.Rakesh Kumar Popli | PCS | 27-01-2015 | 25-10-2015 |
36 | Ms. Shena Aggarwal | IAS | 26-10-2015 | 05-11-2015 |
37 | Sh. Kulpreet Singh | PCS | 06-11-2015 | ------ |