🏢 District Administration

The District Collector, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), heads the district administration. The Collector is responsible for overall district administration, law and order, planning and development, general elections, licensing and coordination of government activities. The District Revenue Officer (DRO) and other designated district officers assist the Collector in discharging these responsibilities. The DRO oversees the relevant branches of the Collectorate and supports the day-to-day functioning of the district administration.

🗺️ Revenue Administration

For administrative convenience, Cuddalore District is organised into three revenue divisions: Cuddalore, Chidambaram and Virudhachalam. The revenue divisions function as an intermediate level of administration between the District Collectorate and the taluk offices. Each taluk is headed by a Tahsildar. Revenue Inspectors carry out field-level functions within their respective firkas, while Village Administrative Officers and Village Assistants support revenue administration at village level.

📍 Revenue Divisions, Taluks, Firkas and Revenue Villages

🎯 Key Objectives of the Department

1. Ensure efficient delivery of eligible government services and schemes to the people of Cuddalore District.
2. Provide relief and coordinate rehabilitation measures for people affected by natural calamities and other disasters.
3. Maintain government land records and support the proper management and protection of government land.
4. Implement applicable land reforms and facilitate land-related services in accordance with government rules.
5. Support election-related responsibilities under the directions of the competent election authorities.

📄 Services and Responsibilities

🧾 Revenue certificates — Facilitation of eligible certificates and related public services through the prescribed application process.

🌾 Land and patta-related services — Processing of eligible land-record requests, patta-related applications and mutations in accordance with applicable rules.

🌧️ Disaster relief and rehabilitation — Coordination of relief and rehabilitation measures for eligible persons affected by natural calamities and other notified emergencies.

🗳️ Election responsibilities — Support for the conduct of elections in accordance with applicable laws and directions of the competent election authorities.

🏢 Public administration — Coordination of revenue offices and related administrative functions across the district.