Administrative Structure of Uttar Pradesh

Administrative Structure of Uttar Pradesh

Static GK   /   Administrative Structure of Uttar Pradesh

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Districts Level

Key Points

Districts

75

Divisions

18

Blocks

822

Panchayat

52021

Villages

107452

Uttar Pradesh is the fifth largest state in India in terms of land area. The land area of Uttar Pradesh is 240,928 km. 

A District Magistrate is appointed by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.

 A District Superintendent of Police or DSP is also known as a Superintendent of Police. 

A DSP heads the District Police organization of the state police as per the Police Act of 1861. A Sub division Police is under every sub division. 

The sub division Police is headed by a Police officer of the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police or DSP (Deputy Superintendent of Police). Every ministry and the respective department are headed by a minister.

 

Divisions

Headquarters

Districts

Agra division

Agra

Agra

Mathura

Mainpuri

Firozabad

Aligarh division

Aligarh

Aligarh

Etah

Hathras

Kasganj

Faizabad division

Ayodhya

Faizabad district

Ambedkar Nagar

Barabanki

Sultanpur

Amethi

Azamgarh division

Azamgarh

Azamgarh

Ballia

Mau

Bareilly division

Bareilly

Bareilly

Pilibhit

Shahjahanpur

Badaun

Basti division

Basti

Basti

Sant Kabir Nagar

Siddharthnagar

Chitrakoot division

Banda

Banda

Chitrakoot

Hamirpur

Mahoba

Devipatan division

Gonda

Bahraich

Balarampur

Gonda

Shravasti

Gorakhpur division

Gorakhpur

Deoria

Gorakhpur

Kushinagar

Maharajganj

Jhansi division

Jhansi

Jalaun

Jhansi

Lalitpur

Kanpur division

Kanpur

Auraiya

Etawah

Farrukhabad

Kannauj

Kanpur Dehat

Kanpur Nagar

Lucknow division

Lucknow

Hardoi

Lakhimpur Kheri

Lucknow

Raebareli

Sitapur

Unnao

Meerut division

Meerut

Baghpat

Bulandshahar

Gautam Buddha Nagar

Ghaziabad

Meerut

Hapur

Mirzapur division

Mirzapur

Mirzapur

Sant Ravidas Nagar

Sonbhadra

Moradabad division

Moradabad

Bijnor

Amroha

Moradabad

Rampur

Sambhal

Allahabad division

Allahabad

Allahabad

Fatehpur

Kaushambi

Pratapgarh

Saharanpur division

Saharanpur

Muzaffarnagar

Saharanpur

Shamli

Varanasi division

Varanasi

Chandauli

Ghazipur

Jaunpur

Varanasi

 

Constitutional Setup

Uttar Pradesh has a Governor and a bicameral Legislature. 

The Lower House is called Vidhan Sahha having 404 members, out of which 403 are elected and 1 nominated and the Upper House, Vidhan Parishad having 100 members. 

The High Court at Allahabad with its bench at Lucknow.

The executive power of the State is vested in the Governor as it is exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him according to the constitutional provisions.

Subordinate Judicial Service

The Subordinate Judiciary has been divided into two parts 'The U.P. Civil Judicial Services' and 'The U.P. Higher Judicial Service'. The former consists of Munsifs and Civil Judges including Small Cause Judges and the latter of Civil and Sessions Judges (now Additional District Sessions Judges). The District Judge is the controller of the Subordinate Judicial Service at the district level.

The State is divided into 46 judicial districts, each under the control of a District Judge. In certain cases Munsifs and Assistant Collectors and Assistant Session Judge also. The jurisdiction of the District Judge extends to more than one revenue district in some cases. On the civil side, the Munsif's Court is the lowest court. The next higher court is that of the Civil Judge. The highest court at the district level is that of the District Judge. 

In criminal cases, the Munsif has the powers of a Judicial Magistrate. 

From October 2, 1967, the Judicial Magistrates, who were hitherto under the Government, have been placed under the High Court. Thus there is now complete separation of judiciary from the executive except for revenue matters. On the revenue side, there are Assistant Collectors. 

Above them are additional Collectors and Collectors, who have appellate jurisdiction. Higher up are Divisional Commissioner and Additional Commissioners who exercise appellate jurisdication. The Board of Revenue is the highest court in revenue matters. 

Under the Uttar Pradesh Panchayat Raj, Nyaya Panchayats have also been set up. On civil side, they can hear certain cases up to a value or Rs.500. In IPC and other laws. They are not empowered to give prison sentence.

Uttar Pradesh Public Service Tribunal

The number of service cases of Government servants in courts was constantly rising. Such cases involved time and money of State Government officers and employees and of State corporations and companies. Keeping this in view, the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Tribunal was set up in 1976 with the objective of rendering speedy and cheaper justice to the employees.

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