Lakshadweep's Revenue Department, set up in 1964, is headed by the Additional District Magistrate at Kavaratti

Background

The Kerala High Court's August 2026 order directing the Lakshadweep Administration to issue occupancy certificates falls on this department, whose own page describes its work.
The Department of Revenue was formally established in 1964, after Lakshadweep became a Union Territory, though some revenue administration existed in the pre-independence era.
It is headed by the Additional District Magistrate based at Kavaratti.
Deputy Collectors and Block Development Officers are posted in the Revenue Sub-Divisions of each island.
Its functions are maintaining land records and land administration, issuing statutory certificates, processing land-related permissions, enforcing land laws and coordinating disaster management.
It also delivers public services such as Entry Permits, caste and nativity certificates, income certificates and trade licences, online and offline.
The office is at PIN 682 555 and can be reached on 04896-262384 and 04896-263440.