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State Focus Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Polity Polity & Governance

Collector Priyank Kishore and Superintendent of Police Sachin Yadav head the district administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

The union territory administration of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is issuing orders through its departments this month, and it publishes the official roster of its Dadra and Nagar Haveli district office. Priyank Kishore, IAS is the Collector of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Sachin Yadav, IPS is the Superintendent of Police. Dinesh Kumar Muhal, IAS is Chief Executive Officer at Silvassa and Resident Deputy Collector cum Sub Divisional Magistrate at Khanvel, while Amit Kumar of the DANICS cadre is Resident Deputy Collector at Khanvel. Revenue work at the taluk level is done by Mamlatdars, the designation this territory uses for the taluk revenue officer: Sagar S. Thakkar at Silvassa and Bhavesh K. Patel at Khanvel.

Collector, DNH: Priyank Kishore, IAS Superintendent of Police, DNH: Sachin Yadav, IPS
Why it matters for exams: It fixes offices and their holders in a union territory district: Collector Priyank Kishore, IAS and Superintendent of Police Sachin Yadav, IPS, and the DANICS cadre and the Mamlatdar designation used there.
Kerala PSCUPSC

In plain words

DANICS Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Civil Service — The civil service cadre that staffs administrative posts in Delhi and the union territories.

Mamlatdar Taluk level revenue officer — The revenue officer in charge of a taluk in Gujarat and in this union territory, the counterpart of a Tahsildar elsewhere.

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