Deputy Commissioner (popularly abbreviated to "DC") or

District Magistrate A District Collector-cum-District Magistrate (also known as Deputy Commissioner in some states) is an All India Service officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre who is responsible for ''land revenue collection'', ''canal reven ...

(জেলা প্রশাসক ও জেলা ম্যাজিস্ট্রেট) is the chief administrative and revenue officer of a

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

or an administrative sub-unit of a

division Division or divider may refer to: Mathematics *Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication *Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division Military *Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...

. According to the Code of Criminal Procedure of Bangladesh, the Government shall appoint as many persons as it thinks fit to be Executive Magistrates and shall appoint one of them to be the District Magistrate. The term District Magistrate is used in the Criminal procedure code to denote the principal executive magistrate of the district. However, after 1960, the Deputy Commissioner term came to prominence throughout the country. During the early year, before Bangladesh era, the deputy commissioner's office used to be concerned with internal security and revenue administration. Over the time, however, the office has become increasingly occupied with the general welfare of the people in the district. The Deputy Commissioner is a representative of the Government in the field of law and order, land administration, disaster management and general and local elections. The Deputy Commissioner works under the general guidance and supervision of the Divisional Commissioner. They are under the administrative control of the Cabinet Division although their posting and transfer are made by the

Ministry of Public Administration The Ministry of Public Administration () (abbreviated as MoPa) is primarily responsible for management of public administration in Bangladesh. Present minister is Sheikh Hasina Wazed and Minister of State is Farhad Hossain. Present Senior secre ...

. The Deputy commissioners are appointed from the members of the

Bangladesh Civil Service Bangladesh Civil Service ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সিভিল সার্ভিস ), more popularly known by its acronym BCS, is the civil service of Bangladesh. Civil service in the Indian subcontinent originated from the Imperial ...

(Administration). known as

Bangladesh Administrative Service The Bangladesh Administrative Service (BAS) is the premier civil service cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service, and which formulates and executes the policies of the government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh of which it is an inseparable pa ...

References

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Office of District Commissioner Job Circular (জেলা প্রশাসকের কার্যালয়)
(Bangla) Civil service in Bangladesh Public administration Politics of Bangladesh