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The Charter/ Duties of Upazila Nirbahi Officer

The Charter/ Duties of Upazila Nirbahi Officer

The charter of duties of UNO stipulated him to perform such functions as:

1.Revenue Functions.
2. Magisterial Functions.
3. Maintenance of public Order and Security.
4. State Secret Matters.
5. Political and Confidential Functions.
6. Anti- Corruption.
7. Mass Mobilisation.
8. Licence and Certificates. 
9 Waqf, Debotter and Trusts.
10. Press and Publications.
11. Election Matters.
12. Border.
13. Census.
14. Relief and Rehabilitation.
15. Food.
16. Ansar and V.D.P.
17. Civil Defence.
18. Labour.
19. Social Welfare.
20. Family Planning.
21. Protocol.
22. Transport and Traffic Matters.
23. Education and Conduct of Public Examinations.
24. Public Amusement.
25. Minority Matters.
26. Inter-Agency Matters.
27. Public Complaints and Enquiries.
28. Functions relating to Local Government Institutions.
29. Residual executive and development duties.

 
B.-Details
1. Revenue Functions
 

i. Control and supervision of revenue offices and functionaries in the Upazila
ii. Collection of land revenue and other Government dues including remission and abatement of rent.
iii. Maintenance of record of rights.
iv. Setttlement of khas land and other Government properties.
v. Forest settlement matters.

vi. Recovery of public demands.
vii. Hearing of appeals in certain revenue cases.
viii. Inspection of revenue offices.
ix. Revenue complaints and inquiries.
x. Administration and development of hats and bazaars.
xi. Administration of Sairat Mahals.
xii. Administration of vested, non-resident and abandoned properties including Upazila Management Boards for land, building, industrial and others commercial farms.
xiii. Maintaining Record Room.
xiv. Supply of copies of public documents.
xv. Maintain Exchange properties.
xvi. Make Civil suits.
xvii. Holding of Upazila Revenue Conferences
viii. Boundary disputes between two or more Upazila to be resolved.
xix. Make Survey and Settlement.
xx. Creation of new Tahsils.
xxi. Maintain and repair of revenue offices in the Upazila.
xxii. Submission of reports, returns to the Government.
xxiii. Submission of Accounts to the Government.
xxiv. Recovery of possession of Khas land.

 2.- Magisterial Functions
 

i. Submission of reports and returns regarding administration of criminal justice in the Upazila.
ii. Chair the Committees on administration of criminal justice in the Upazila.
iii. Administration and Execution of  Mobile Court under Mobile ourt Act/ Ordinance 2009.

3.- Maintenance of public order and security
 

i. Maintenance of public order in the events of riot hartal, public examination, communal and political tension, labour troubles and to meet other emergencies.
ii. Issue of preventive orders under section 144 Cr. P. C. for maintenance of peace and order when there is apprehension of breach of peace between parties.
iii. Control of goonda elements, touts and cattle-lifters etc.
iv. Preventive detention under Special Powers Act, 1974. 
v. Recovery of possession of Government lands and buildings. 
vi. Functioning of the Upazila Review Committee.

 
 
4.-State Secret Matters
 

i. Supervision of KPIs and Vital Installations.

 
5.- Political and Confidential functions
 

i. Submission of any special political information to the Government.
 

6.- Mass Mobilisation
 

i. Arrangement of public meetings.
ii. Mobilisation for attendance in public meetings of VVIPs.
iii. Execution of development projects through mass mobilisation.
iv. Motivation hf people in connection with launching of new and special programmes of the the Government like Swanirvar, Model Village, Abashan etc.

 
7.- Licence and Certificates
 

 i. Granting of `NOC’ required by various agencies.
 

8.-Waqf, Debotter and Trusts.
 

i. Administration of Waqf and debotter properties.
ii. Recommendation in respect of appointment of Mutawallies and Sebaits,.
iii. Administration of Trusts like Mohsin Fund, Comilla Foundation of Orphanages.

 
  
9.- Election Matters
 

i. Delimitation and determination of constituencies.
ii.Arrangement for holding national elections.
iii.Conduct of election of the local bodies.
vi.Collection, compilation and transmission of election results.
v. Submission of elections reports and election accounts.

 
10.- Border
 

i. Supervision of border belt, including inspection of and visit to check posts and BOPs.
ii. Maintenance of international demarcation pillars.
iii. Surveillance against criminals and smugglers from across borders.
iv. Organising anti-smuggling drives in the border.
v. Meetings of Upazila Anti-smuggling Committee and review of Upazila level Anti-smuggling Committees.

 
11.- Census
 

i. Making arrangements for holding of population census.
ii. Making arrangement for holding of agricultural census.

 
12.- Relief and Rehabilitation
 

i. Relief to be arranged during natural calamities/ disaster as provided by Famine Code and Relief Code.
ii. Rehabilitation of affected people.
iii. Implement Test Relief Operations,  F.F.W. Programme.
 

13.-Food
 

i. Procurement of Food grains and sanction of TPCs and Appointment of A.G.Ds.
ii. Arrangement of storage facilities.
iii. Open market operation during economic hardship.
iv. Food grain Licences.

 
14.- Ansar and V.D.P.
 

i. Administration of Ansar and V.D.P. matters as Upazila Commandant. 
ii. Embodiment of Ansars for Law and Order duties and guarding KPIs.
iii. Supervision of training and rallies.
 

  
15.- Civil Defence
 

i. Protect Civil Defence control Room in state emergencies.
ii. Maintenance of warden posts for peace time  duties..
iii. Organizing Training and Civil Defence Week/ Demonstration.

 
16.-Labour
 

i. Control and settlement of labour dispute
ii. Preventive measures against breach of the peace among labourers in the industrial and other establishments.

 
17.- Social Welfare
 

i. To act as chairman of UCD Programme.
ii. To act as Chairman of Upazila Orphan Admission Committee.

 
 
18.-Family Planning
 

 i. Functioning of Upazila F.P.Board.
ii. Administration of M.C.H. Centres as its Chairman.
 iii. Organising Motivational Drives.
iv. Construction of Family Welfare Centres.

 
19.- Protocol
 

i Making local arrangements for tour of VVIPs/VIPs.
ii. Reception, security, accommodation, transport and food for the VVIPs/VIPs.
iii. Escorting the VVIPs during tour within the Upazila.
iv. Organising meetings of the VVIPs/VIPs.

 
 
 20.- Transport and Traffic Matters
 

i. Regulation of public transports.
ii. Functioning of Regional Transport Authority (RTA).
iii. Holding of Traffic Weeks.
iv. Requisition of transports for public purposes.
v. Rationing of POL during emergency.

 
21.- Education and conduct of public Examinations
 

i. Management of College Governing Bodies as provided in the University Codes.
ii. Management of School Management Committees as per Bengal Education Code.
iii. Conduct of various public examinations.
iv. Maintenance of law and order in and public examination centres.
v. Control of unfair means in public examinations.
vi. Matters relating to mass literacy and adult education.
vii Execution of schemes for construction of primary schools undertaken by the Government.
viii. Improvement of aided secondary schools.
ix. Organisation of sports and cultural activities at various levels in the Upazila, including shilpi pool.
x. Inspections of educational institutions.

 
22- Public Amusement

i. Inspection of places of amusement.
ii. Checking of evasion of amusement taxes.

 
23 Minority Matters

i. Implementation of Government policies.
ii. General Welfare of the minorities.
iii. Minority Boards.

  
24 Inter-Agency Matters

 
i. Meeting of various Committees (around 40 in numbers) set up by the Government like:
1. Upazila site selection Committee.
2. Upazila steering Committee for F.F.W.
3. Upazila Family Planning Committee.
4. Upazila Accommodation Board.

 
25 D.C’s Establishment

 i. Submission Upazila budgets/ revised budgets and estimates.
ii. Writing of ACRs of officers.
iii. Distribution of work among the officers.
iv. Attending the audit objections.

 
 
26. public Complaints and Enquiries

i. Receipt and hearing of various complaints made by the members of the public.
ii. Holding of enquiries referred to by the Government and submission of reports.
iii.Settlement of disputes.

 
 
27. Functions relating to local Government Institutions
 

i. Monitoring and evaluation of the activities of the Local Government Institutions.
ii. Inspection of various offices of the Local Bodies.

 
28.- Residual executive and development duties.
 

i. Executive duties not assigned to any department.
ii. Development duties not assigned to any department.

It should be noted, however, that the designation 'upazila nirbahi officer' changed to 'thana nirbahi officer' consequent upon the abolition of the upazila system in the early 1990s, but this changed designation again reverted to 'upazila nirbahi officer' since the late nineties.

 

The Other Functions of UNO are to:

(i)                  exercise powers under section 144 of criminal procedure code and sit in court to perform functions such as taking cognizance of cases, hearing bail matters, granting adjournment, etc, in times when the upazila magistrate is unable to attend the court;

(ii)                attend emergency duties such as relief work following natural calamities and receive food and other materials for distribution under the direction of Deputy Commissioner; 

(iii)               supervise activities of the officers and staff working under him;

(iv)              initiate annual confidential reports (ACR) of all thana level officers except the munsiff-magistrate;

(v)                protocol duties;

(vi)              supervise and control revenue and budget administration;

(vii)             ensure the observance of all government directives on upazila administration;

(viii)           co-ordinate all upazila level training activities;

(ix)             grant casual leave and countersign as well the traveling allowance bills of the heads of all functional departments.

(x)              act as drawing and disbursing officer in respect of officers and staff working directly under him;

(xi)             assist the Upazila chairman in implementing all policies and decisions of the parishad; 

(xii)             perform such other functions as what would be entrusted to him by the government or the upazila parishad/chairman.

(xiii)           supervising all upazila level administrative/ development work and in preparing as well a coordinated upazila development plan;