TABLE OF CONTENTS - Nagaland

Manual for
Office of the Commissioner Nagaland (District Administration)
Introduction:
As per the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005, which is intended for
setting out the practical regime of right to information for citizens to secure access to
information, to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every
public authority, the District Administration under the Office of the Commissioner
Nagaland has taken all possible pro-active measures to meet the goal of expedient
furnishing of information to citizens regarding the matters which come under the
functioning of the establishment.
In this regard as required under section 4 (1) (b) of the said Act, proactive
disclosure is given in the following pages from Manual-I to Manual-XVII. This
disclosure is available in both hard copy and in electronic format for public.
Administrative Department (Home):
District Administration is headed at the Directorate level by the
Commissioner Nagaland and comes under the Administrative control of the Home
Department. The office of the Commissioner Nagaland is responsible for
implementation of the policies of the Government and maintenance of law & order
in the districts through the Deputy Commissioners while policy decisions are taken
at the Government level, in this case the Home Department.
At the Government level the department is headed by the Home
Commissioner who is generally of the IAS cadre in the rank of Super-time scale and
above, who is assisted by a host of officers in the ranks of Secretary, Addl.
Secretary, Joint Secretary, Deputy Secretary and Under Secretaries. Below this are