Zilla Panchayath Office

The Zilla Panchayath is headed by the Adyaksha and assisted by the Upadyaksha, a team of 46 ZP elected members,
and MLAs, MLCs and MPs who are ex-officio members of ZP. In all, there are 70
elected members who take decisions regarding the financial, social and developmental
matters of the whole district.
The term of the Adyaksha and Upadyaksha is for a period of 20
months.
There are 5 sub-committees:
1) Planning, Finance and Audit sub-committee headed by the ZP
Adyaksha
2) General Standing sub-committee headed by ZP Upadyaksha
3) Education and Health sub-committee
4) Agriculture and Industry sub-committee
5) Social Justice sub-committee
The executing authority is the Chief Executive Officer
appointed by the Government.
The Chief Executive Officer is assisted by
a) The Deputy Secretary (ADM)
b) The Deputy Secretary (DEV)
c) The Chief Planning Officer
d) The Chief Accounts Officer
e) Project Director
Role of Planning Section:
The Chief Planning
Officer heads the Planning Section and Council Section. This section
- Compiles the requirements of the plan amounts of Grama
Panchayath, Taluk Panchayath and the Zilla Panchayath
- Prepares the perspective plan of the Grama Panchayath,Taluk
Panchayath and the Zilla Panchayath
- Distributes the plan schemes grants released from the
government to Zilla Panchayath among Zilla Panchayath, Taluk Panchayath and Grama Panchayath
- Monitors the progress of implementation of plan schemes
- Prepares Taluk Panchayath Grama Panchayath and Zilla Panchayath
annual developmental plan
- Prepares the draft plan for Zilla Panchayath and urban local
bodies for submission to the Finance Committee and general body meeting.
- Prepares the MMR for each Plan schemes
- Prepares the notes for monthly and quarterly KDP meetings
- Prepares the notes for review meeting of District-in-charge
- Prepares the guidelines, allotment and physical targets of the
action plan
- Monitors the implementation of all housing schemes in the
rural areas of the district
- Feeding and monitoring grama panchayati samanya mahiti
- Prepares the notes for District Planning Committee
meeting
- District Planning Committee - Election
- Chief Planning Officer work as secretery of social justice sub - committee.
Role of Counsel section:
- Preparation of agenda for
the Zilla Panchayath general body meetings and special meetings
- Answer the questions of the ZP
members
- Issue meeting notices
- Record meeting proceedings
- Take follow-up action on whatever
points were taken up at the meetings
- Zilla Panchayath Sub - Committee Election
Role
of the Accounts Section :
The Chief Accounts Officer is the
financial head.
- The section prepares the budget of
Zilla Panchayath
- Prepares monthly, quarterly and
annual accounts
- Advises the CEO regarding
financial transactions
- Monitors the repayment of loans,
interest on loans from other departments
- Internal audit of Taluk Panchayath,
Grama Panchayath and Zilla Panchayath
- Releases the amount from Zilla
Panchayath to various implementing officers
- Chief Accounts Officer work as secretery of finance and audit sub - committee
Role of Administrative section:
- Supervision of the administrative
work of all departments coming under Zilla Panchayath and Zilla
Panchayath office
- Administrative and general
supervision of Zilla Panchayath activities
- Deputy Secretary works as
Secretary of 2 standing sub-committees
Role of Development section:
- Deals with all correspondence for
RDPR programs and sends reports for RDPR schemes
- Implements rural drinking water supply
- Implements NREGA central scheme
Role of Project Director Section:
- Implements SGSY, Rajiv Gandhi
drinking water scheme, Swacha grama and IREP schemes
- Implements NRLM Scheme
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