The Maharashtra Commissioners of Divisions Act
The Maharashtra Commissioners of Divisions Act
The Maharashtra Commissioners of Divisions Act establishes and regulates the offices of regional division Commissioners across the entire state of Maharashtra. It applies to state revenue officers, local authorities, and citizens dealing directly with regional governance. By amending older regional land revenue codes, the Act designates the Commissioner as the chief controlling authority for land revenue and administrative appeals. This matters because it standardizes and consolidates administrative power under unified regional heads. Consequently, it streamlines governance, clarifies the hierarchy of local officials, and transfers pending disputes to these central offices, ensuring more consistent public administration across the state's diverse territorial boundaries.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Amendments to enactments; power of State Government to confer power and impose duties on Commissioners under any law.
- 4. Repeal of Bom. XXVIII of 1950 and C. P. and Berar Act LXI of 1948.
- 5. Pending legal proceedings.
- 6. Construction of references to Divisional Officers or Directors of Local Authorities in existing law.
- 7. Construction of references in instruments or documents.
- 8. Pending proceedings before the Divisional Officer or Director of Local Authorities, etc.
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