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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
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PRANT OFFICERS
Prant Officers.- Under the Collector are the Prant Officers (the Sub-Divisional Officers) who are either Assistant Collectors (I.A.S. officers) or District Deputy Collectors (members of the Maharashtra Civil Service). There are in all five prants or sub-divisions in the district which are in charge of Sub-Divisional Officers.
The Prant Officers form the connecting link between the Tahsildars and the Collector. A Prant Officer exercises all the powers conferred on the Collector under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code and any other law in force or executive orders in regard to the tahsils in his charge, except such powers as the Collector may specifically reserve to himself.
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