This Branch is responsible for implementation of provisions relating to conduct of elections as contained in the Constitution of India. (Relevant Articles 52,54 to 59, 62 to 64, 66 to 68, 71, 79 to 85, 99, 101 to 104, 158, 168 to 174, 188, 190 to 194, 324 to 334, 341, 342 and 371F), Rules and orders under the Constitution of India relating to elections, certain Acts of Parliament statutory Rules and Orders and law relating to removal of disqualification.

(a)

Rules and Order under the Constitution :-

(1) The Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Rules, 1950.
(2) The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950.
(3) The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order, 1950.

(b)

Acts of Parliament :-

(1) Indian Panal Code, 1860 (Sections 153A, 153B, 171A to 171 I, 505.)
(2) The Representation of the People Act, 1950 and Rules framed thereunder.
(3) The Representation of the People Act, 1951 and Rules framed thereunder.
(4) The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (sec. 47)
(5) The Representation of the people (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965 (Sec. 2)
(6) The North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971 (Secs. 14 to 20)
(7) The Delimitation Act, 1972.

(c)

Statutory Rules and Orders :-

(1) The Delimitation of Council Constituencies Order.
(2) The Registration of Elections Rules, 1960.
(3) The conduct of Elections Rules, 1960
(4) The Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968.

(d)

Law relating to removal of disqualification:-

(1) The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act 1959.

This branch is also responsible (a) for proper maintenance and storage of ballot boxes, furniture, electoral rolls etc. in the godown of the election branch. (b) for all the matters being dealt with by the Accounts Section under personnel branch in so far as election matters are concerned.

EXCISE BRANCH

This branch consists of following sections :-

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Licensing and Prosecution Section

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Personnel Section.

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Accounts Section.

HOME GUARDS BRANCH

(a) Administration of the following Act / Rule :

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The Assam Home Guard rules, 1947. >> The Assam Home Guards Act, 1947.

(b) All other matters relating to the Home Guards.

MAGISTERIAL BRANCH

1. Procedure for initiating and conducting prosecutions.

2. Appointment of Government Pleaders, Public Prosecutors and Assistant Public Prosecutors and matters relating to thereto.

3.Advice on legal matters.

4. Conduct of Government cases in various courts.

5. Administration of :

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The code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order Act, 1947.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1948.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1951.

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The Assam Disturbed Areas Act, 1951.

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The Assam Requisition and control of Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 1951.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (secnd Amendment) Act, 1951.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1951 (Act 22 of 1951)

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1953.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Autonomous Sistricts) Act ,1953

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The Assam disturbed areas Act, 1955

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1960

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The code of Criminal Procedure (Assam Amendment) Act, 1964

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Autonomous District) Amendment Act, 1968.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Amendment) Act, 1968.

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The Assam Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 1970.

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The Assam Game and Betting Act, 1970.

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The Assam Maintenance of Public Order (Autonomous District) (Amendment) Act, 1970.

6. Compilation on Annual Acts and Ordinances of the state and keeping them up-to-date.

7. Matters relating to maintenance of Law and Order.

8. Black listing of firms and contractors

9. Requisition of vehicles

10. Appointment of petition writers.

11. Reports and returns to High Court.

12. Post Mortem

13. Crime detection and punishment of offenders.

14. Matters relating raising and maintenace of police force.

15. Haj Pilgrimage and other Pilgrimage outside India.

16. Fire service organisation

17. Matters relating to Assam Police manual.

18. Verification of character and antecedents

19. Complaints against police inaction/co-operation.

20. Tour programme anf tour diaries of police officers

NAZARAT BRANCH

This branch consists of following three sections :-

1. Nazarat Section

1. Maintenance of cleanliness of buildings under the Deputy Commissioner
2. Office accomodation
3. Purchase of stationeries and miscellaneous articles including furniture, liverie etc. and their proper distribution.
4. Arrangements for meetings, conferences etc. and arrangement for refreshment.
5. Circuit house and Dak Bunglows
6. National Anthem, National Flag and warrent of precedence.
7. Ceremonial functions including Independence Day, Republic Day.
8. Protocol functions
9. Burial/cremation of paupers
10. Telegraphs, Telephones.
11. Vehicles
12. Holidays
13. Administration of -
                 (a) Delegation of Financial Powers Rules, 1960
                 (b) Assam Contingency Manual

2. Bakijai Section

1. The Bengal Public Demand Recovery Act
2. Rules under Chapter V of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulations, 1886, relating to arrears and mode of recovery.
3. The Bengal Public Demands Recovery (Assam Amendment) Act, 1962

3. Loan Section

1. The Agriculturists Loans Act, 1884 and Rules framed thereunder.
2. The Land improvement Loans Act, 1883 and Rules framed thereunder.
3. The Assam Aid to industries (small and cottage Industries) Act, 1955 and Rules framed thereunder.
4. The Assam Rehabilitation Loans Rules, 1957.
5. The Assam Recovery of Loans Act, 1976
6. The Assam Recovery of Loans (Amendment) Act, 1977

PERSONNEL BRANCH

This branch consists of following sections :-

1. Personnel Section

1. Appointment, release, conduct, discipline and other general conditions of government servants.
    (a) Administration of the Assam Ministerial (District Establishment) service rules, 1967.
    (b) Advertisement and application fees.
2. Transfer of government servants including on deputation.
3. General Conditions of service including fixation of seniority and preparation of gradation lists Probation
4. Matters relating to the Assam Public Service Commission including departmental examination.
5. Applications for posts elsewhere
6. Private employment of Government servants during leave preparatory to retirement and after retirement.
7. Age of retirement
8. Re-employment after superannuation under Government
9. General Conduct and discipline -- Administration of the Assam Civil Services (conduct) Rules, 1965.
10. Assets and liabilities.
11. Annual Confidential Report.
12. Departmental proceedings and prosecution -- Administration of the Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964.
13. Representation on service matters and redress in courts of law.
14. Matters relating to the Assam Administrative Tribunal
15. Departmental training
16. Service conditions which are of the nature of concessions to government servants including reservation for scheduled triibes and other back-ward classes.
17. Advance provident fund, pension and gratuity and other miscellaneous privilege of Government servants.
18. Refund, write-off and mis-appropriation.
19. Appeals and memorials.
20. Association of Government employees
21. Service Books
22. Absorption on retrencement of temporary personnel
23. Investing of revenue /bakijai/magisterial powers on officers.
24. Matters relating to :
    (a) Manual of Executive rules and orders in force in Assam
    (b) Hand Book of General Circulars with supplements
    (c) Fundamental rules subsidiary rules.
    (d) The Assam Services (Pension) rules, 1969
    (e) Delegation of financial power rules, 1960
    (f) Assam Financial Rules
    (g) Assam Contingency Manual
    (h) The employment exchanges (compulsory notification of vacancies) Act, 1959
    (i) The employment exchanges (compulsory notification of vacancies) Act, 1960
    (j) The Assam Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes (Reservation of vacancies in service and posts) Act, 1978.

2. Accounts Section

1. Matters relating to allowances including dearness allowance, travelling allowance etc.
2. Matters relating to audit and special audit etc.
3. Matters relating to defalcation, embezzlement and other irregularities in respect of public finances.
4. Pre-audit of arrear claims, ad-hoc payment of old claims, permanent advance.
5. Matters relating to revision and interpretation of the Contingency Manual, Assam Financial Rules. The Assam Budget Manual, Delegation of Financial Power Rules.
6. Budget compilation and matters relating thereto
7. Cash balance
8. Yardsticks for sanction of staff-creation/sanction of posts.
9. Interpretation of Fundamental Rules and Subsidiary Rules, Assam Financial Rules and Delegation of Financial Powers Rules.
10. Matters relating to Pay Committee.
11. Payment of Income Tax.
12. Preparation of pay bills and other claims of Government servants.

REVENUE BRANCH

The Revenue Branch consists of the following sections :

1. Land Revenue Section :

1. Matters relating to collection of land revenue and local rate including their remission.
2. Matters relating to appointment, appeal and dismisal of Gaonburahs.
3. Matters relating to establishment of Mauzadars.
4. Creation of Circles/Sub Circles/Mandal lots/Mauzas and Gaonburah lots
5. Matters relating to Sub-deputy Collectors, specially their tour diaries.
6. Construction of Court buildings/Circle Offices etc.
7. Matters relating to various revenue Regulations, Acts and Rules etc. not alloted to any other section.
8. Annulment.
9. Assessment and collection of revenue for waste land grants.
10. Maters relating to Director of Land Records and Surveys.
11. Administration of the Land Recors Manual.
12. Correction of records of right and maintenance of Jamabandi.
      (a) Administration of the Assam Land and Revenue Regulation (matters relating to recovery of arrears etc.)
      (b) The local Rates Regulations
13. Administration of :
      (a) The Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1947.
      (b) The Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1948.
      (c) The Assam Assessment of Revenue Free Waste Land Grants Act, 1948.
      (d) The Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1953.
      (e) The Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1954.
      (f) The Assam Land Revenue Reassessment(Amendment) Act, 1957
      (g) The Assam Local Rates (Amendment) Act, 1959.
      (h) The Assam Land Revenue and Rent (Surcharge) Act, 1970.
      (i) The Revenue Recovery (Assam Amendment) Act, 1971.
      (j) The Assam Land Revenue and Rent (Surcharge) (Amendment) Act, 1976.
      (k) The Assam Land RevenueReassessment Act, 1936.

2. Land Requisition and Acquisition Section :

Exercise of powers and functions of collector under the provisions of different Acts and Rules concerning requisition and acquisition of lands, e.g.
The Land acquisition act, 1894
    1. The Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1948
    2. The Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1964
    3. Requisition and Acquisition of Immoveable Properties Act, 1952
    4. The Petroleum Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User Land) Act, 1962
    5. Maneuvers, Field Firing and Artillery Practice Act, 1938
    6. The Assam Acquisition of Land of Flood Control and Prevention of Erosion Act, 1955
    7. The Assam Acquisition of Land for Flood Control and Prevention of Erosion (Amendment) Act, 1959
    8. The Assam Acquisition of Land for Flood Control and Prevention of Erosion (Amendment) Act, 1962
    9. The Assam Acquisition of Land for Flood Control and Prevention of Erosion (Validation) Act, 1929
    10. The Assam Land Acquisition (Dibrugarh) Act, 1953
    11. The Assam Land Requisition and Acquisition (Amendment) Act, 1958, 1960, 1963.
 

3. Land Settlement Section :

1. Matters relating to land settelement policy
2. Survey and demarcation of Assam Meghalaya and Assam Bhutan boundaries
3. Survey and demarcation of inter-district boundaries.
4. Matters relating to Land settlement advisory committee etc.
5. Settelement of land including settelement with service and ex-service personnel for co-operative and collective farming
6. Conversion of annual patta/short lease land into periodic patta in towns and within two miles of the towns.
7. Removal of encroachment of government lands
8. Transfer of sarkari land under land transfer rules.
9. Resettlement operation
10. Matters relating to settlement officers and his establishment and resettlement operation
11. Mining and prospecting lease.
12. Revenue appeals including partition, mutation appeals
13. Reclamation of cultivable waste land
14. Administration of :
      (a) The Assam land and revenue regulations (matters relating to settlement, regnistration, partition, allotment of grazing grounds, regulating the entry by
            mining leases on settled land, disposal of land within tribal belts and blocks)
      (b) The Assam land and revenue (Amendment) Acts, 1946, 1947
      (c) The Assam land and revenue regulations (Amendment) Acts, 1957,1959,1960, 1962, 1964, 1971
      (d) The Assam Hindu women's right to property (extention to agricultural land) Act, 1943.
      (e) The Assam Board of Revenue Act, 1962 and the rules and regulations made thereunder.
      (f) The Assam Board of Revenue (Amendment) act.
      (g) The Assam Public Premises (Eviction of unauthorised occupation) Act, 1971.

4. Land Reforms Section :

1. Management of land belonging to religious institutions.
2. Administration of -
      (>) The Assam Adhir Protection and Regulation Act, 1948 and Rules made ethere under.
      (>) The Assam State Acquisition of zamindari Act, 1951 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Non-Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy Act, 1955 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land holdings Act, 1956, 1972 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The State Acquisition of Lands belonging to Religious or Charitable Institutions of Public Nature Act,
            1959 as amended upto 1976 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Consolidation of Land Holdings Act, 1960 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Gramdan Act, 1961 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Bhudan Act, 1965 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Urban Areas Rent Control Act, 1966 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Assam Temporarily Settled Areas Tenancy Act, 1971 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Urban Land(Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 and Rules made there under.
      (>) The Waqf Act, 1954.
      (>) The Mussalman Waqf Act, 1923.
      (>) The Mussalman Waqf Validating Act, 1913.
      (>) The Mussalman Waqf Act, 1930.
      (>) The Sylhet Tenancy(Amendment) Acts, 1943, 1961, 1970.
      (>) The Goalpara Tenancy(Amendment) Acts, 1943, 1970.
      (>) The Sylhet Non-Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy Act, 1947.
      (>) The Assam Evacuee Property Act, 1951.
      (>) The Assam Adhiars Protection and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1952.
      (>) The Assam (Temporary Settled Districts) Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1953.
      (>) The Assam State Acquisition of Zamindaries (Amendment) Act, 1953.
      (>) The Assam State Acquisition of Zamindaries (Amendment) Act, 1954.
      (>) The Assam Adhiars Protection and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1955.
      (>) The Assam State Acquisition of Zamindaries (Amendment) Act, 1955, 1962.
      (>) The Assam Adhiars Protection and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1957.
      (>) The Assam Fixation of Ceiling on Land Holdings (Amendment) Acts, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1970,1972, 1975 and 1976.
      (>) The Assam Evacuee Property (Amendment) Act, 1959.
      (>) The Assam Adhiars Protection and Regulation (Amendment) Act, 1959.
      (>) The Goalpara Tenancy(Emergency Provisions) Acts, 19462.
      (>) The Assam Gramdan (Amendment) Acts, 1962.
      (>) The Assam Consolidation of Land Holdings(Amendment) Act, 1966
      (>) The Assam Non-Agricultural Urban Areas Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1968.
      (>) The Assam (Temporarily Settled Areas) Tenancy (Amendment) Act, 1974.
      (>) The Assam Land Holdings (Adoption of Relationship under the Assam Land and Revenue Regulations,
            1886 in the Acquired Permanently Settled Estates) Act, 1974.
      (>) The Assam State Acquisition of Land Belonging to Religious and Charitable Institutions of Public Nature (Amendment) Act, 1974.
      (>) Granting of lease/renewal of lease of ceiling surplus land in tea gardens and in acquired states.
      (>) Preparation of planned schemes namely, (a) State Plan Schemes (b) Consolidation of holdings and centrally sponsored schemes
            namely (a) Preparation of Tenants and Adhiars' records of right (b) resettlement of landless agricultural workers.
      (>) Examination of various reform measures suggested by Government and their implementation.

5. Fisheries Section:

1. Settlement of Revenue Fisheries including administration of Assam Fishery Rules, 1952 and
2. Administration of the Assam land and revenue regulation (rules under section 155 and 156 of the regulation and section 6 of the India Fisheries Act)
3. Administration of the Northern Indian Fisheries Act, 1978.

6. Relief and Rehabilitation Section:

1. Maintenance of refugee camps including grant of financial and medical relief to the displaced persons
2. Rehabilitation schemes to settle displaced persons
3. Financial assistance to refugees including remission and issue of loans
4. Matters relating to rehabilitation of refugees including persons affected by natural calamities.
5. Rehabilitation of acquisition affected people
6. Administration of the Assam relief manual, 1976.
7. Administration of-
    (a) The Assam displaced persons (Rehabilitation Loans) Act, 1951.
    (b) The Assam displaced persons (Rehabilitation Loans) (Amendment) Acts, 1951, 1955, and 1957.

REGISTRATION BRANCH

1. The Indian Registration Act XVI of 1908

2. Statutory order and rules and Executive orders of the Governor under Act XVI of 1908

3. Rules framed under section 69 of the Act XVI of 1908.

4. Instructions and orders issued by the Inspector General of Registration from time to time

5. The Assam Moslem Marriages and divorces Registration Act, 1935, Rules and Regulations fremed thereunder

6. The Kazis Act, 1880 and the Rules framed thereunder.

7. The Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872 and statutory rules and statutory orders and executive orders made thereunder.

8. Act III of 1972 (An act to provide a form of marriage in certain cases) and statutory orders and instructions.

9. The Hindu Marriage Act, 1955

10. The Hindu Marriage (Assam) Rules, 1961

11. The special Marriage Act, 1954

12. The special Marriage (Assam) Rules, 1957.

SUPPLY BRANCH

The Supply Branch consists of following Section :-

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Licensing and Prosecution Section:

Administration of following Acts, orders, and Rules :
General
    (a) The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
    (b) The Prevention of Black marketing and maintenance of supplies of essential comodities Act, 1980.
    (c) The Assam Regulated and Licensed Ware Houses Act, 1959.
Wheat and Wheat Products :
    (a) The Wheat Roller Flour Mills(Licensing and Control) Order, 1957.
    (b) The Assam Wheat (Regulation of Trade) Order, 1973.
    (c) The Roller Flour Mills and Chakki Mills Wheat Products(Ex-Mills) Prices Control Order, 1979.
Pulses, Oil, etc :
    (a) The Pulses, Edible Oil Seeds and Edible Oil (Storage Control) Order, 1977.
    (b) The Assam Pulses, Edible Oils Seeds and Edible Oil Dealers(Licensing and Control) Order, 1977.
    (c) The Assam Mustard Seeds Dealers Licensing Order, 1977.
    (d) The Assam Vanaspati Dealers Licensing Order, 1968.
Cement :
    (a) The Cement Control Order, 1967.
    (b) The Imported Cement Control Order, 1978.
    (c) The Assam Cement Dealers Licensing Order, 1972.
    (d) The Assam Cement Control Act, 1953.
Sugar :
    (a) The Sugar (Control) Order, 1966.
    (b) The Sugar (Retention and Sale by Recognised Dealers) Order, 1979.
    (c) The Levy Suggar Supply (Control) Order, 1979.
    (d) The Assam Sugar Dealers Licensing Order, 1963.
Food Stuff :
    (a) The Assam Food Stuff (Distribution) Control order, 1958.
    (b) The Assam Food Stuff (Prohibition of with-holding from sale) Control Order, 1969.
    (c) The Levy Suggar Supply (Control) Order, 1979.
    (d) The Assam Food Stuff (Declaration and Requisitioning of Stocks) Order, 1971.
    (e) The Assam Declaration of Stocks and Prices of Essential Comomodities Order, 1977.
    (f) The Assam Guest Control Order, 1977.
    (g) The Assam Food (Restrictions on Services of Meals by Catering Estiblishments) Order, 1973.
    (h) The Assam Pure Food Act, 1947.
Paper :
    (a) The Paper (Regulation of Production) Order, 1978.
    (b) Petroleum and Petroleum Products :
    (c) The Petroleum Act, 1934.
    (d) The Furnance Oil (Fixation of Ceiling Prices and Distribution) Order, 1974.
    (e) The Kerosene(Restriction on use) Order, 1966.
    (f) The Kerosene(Fixation of Ceiling Prices) Order, 1970.
    (g) The Light Diesel Oil(Fixation of Ceiling Prices) Order, 1973.
    (h) Liquified Petroleum Gas(Restriction on use) Order, 1974.
    (i) The High speed Diesel Oil and Light Diesel Oil(Restriction on use) Order, 1974.
    (j) The Paraffin Wax (Supply, Distribution and Price Fixation) Order 1972.
    (j) The Petroleum (Storage) Order, 1971.
    (k) The Petroleum Products (Supply and Distribution) Order, 1972.
    (l) The Petroleum Products (Regulation of Supply to Retail Outlet) Order, 1974.
Rice and Paddy :
    (a) The Rice Milling Industry (Regulation) Act, 1958.
    (b) The Rice Milling Industry (Regulation) Rules, 1959.
    (c) The Assam Broken Rice (Export) Control Order, 1966.
    (d) The Assam Huller and Huller-Sheller Mills (Levy on Food Grains) Control Order, 1975.
    (e) The Assam Paddy and Rice (Requisition on Settlement Holder) Order, 1975.
    (f) The Assam Paddy and Rice Procurement (Licensing and Levy) Order, 1980.
    (g) The Assam Rice Bran (Distribution and Price) Control Order, 1979.
Salt :
    (a) The Salt (Assam Reserve Stock) Order, 1973.
    (b) The Assam Salt Dealers (Licensing and Control) Order, 1979.
Textiles :
    (a) The Assam Cotton Cloth and Yarn Dealers' Licensing Order, 1956.
    (b) The Cotton Textiles (Control) Order, 1948.

Personnel Section:

It deals with all the matters indicatedunder personnel section of the Personnel Branch so far as supply staff is concerned. It also deals with the personnel matters of the inspecting supply staff

Accounts Section:

It deals with all the matters being dealt with by the accounts section under the Personnel Branch in so far as supply matters are concerned.

Miscellaneous Section:

It deals with all the matters relating to supply not being dealt with other three sections e.g. storage of food grains and building materials etc..

ZILA SAINIK BOARD

1. Welfare, interests, resettlement, rehabilitation and all other matters concerning the ex-servicemen, families of serving and deceased soldiers

2. Assistance in representing their cases to the local administration or the defence authority concerned as the case may be.

3. Circulation of all sorts of information concerning the welfare of such categories of personnel, i.e. benefits/concessions, reemployment, resettlement, rehabilitation, training facilities
    and all other assitances as may be announced by the central and the state governments from time to time.

4. Legal advice and settlement of disputes out of court, where there is no male member in a family or such personnel.

5. Help to such personnel in matters of securing medals/stars, pension, gratuity, settlement of arrears etc.

6. Assistance to disabled soldiers and widows and orphans of deceased soldiers.

7. Investigation of applications for financial assistance and all other matters affecting the interests of such personnel.

8. Liaison witk local Civil & Military authorities.

9. Promotion of feelings of good-will between civil and military classes.

10. Liaison with civil authorities on matters of peculiar interest of military classes

11. Control of local funds, if any, for helping the needy and deserving personnel

12. Advice on all matters, civil and military, concerning their welfare, interests, resettlement, rehabilitation and all other matters.

13. Assistance in recruitment to defence services.

14. Co-ordination of all activities with the armed forces personnelon civil said.

15. Co-operation of defence personnel with implementation of government schemes.

TREASURY BRANCH

Administration of :-

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The Treasury Rules and the Subsidiary Orders.

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Personal matters of staff belonging to the Assam Financial Service and other Treasury Staff.