Constitution of District Disaster Management Authority
Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 deals with constitution of District Disaster Management Authority. Every State Government shall, as soon as may be after issue of notification under sub-section (1) of section 14, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a District Disaster Management Authority for every district in the State with such name as may be specified in that notification. The Act came into force on 28 Jul 2006.
(1) Every State Government shall, as soon as may be after issue of notification under sub-section (1) of section 14, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a District Disaster Management Authority for every district in the State with such name as may be specified in that notification.
(2) The District Authority shall consist of the Chairperson and such number of other members, not exceeding seven, as may be prescribed by the State Government, and unless the rules otherwise provide, it shall consist of the following, namely:
(a) the Collector or District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, of the district who shall be Chairperson, ex officio;
(b) the elected representative of the local authority who shall be the co-Chairperson, ex officio:
Provided that in the Tribal Areas, as referred to in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, the Chief Executive Member of the district council of autonomous district, shall be the co-Chairperson, ex officio;
(c) the Chief Executive Officer of the District Authority, ex officio;
(d) the Superintendent of Police, ex officio;
(e) the Chief Medical Officer of the district, ex officio;
1[(f) not exceeding two other Members to be appointed by the State Government who may be taken from other district level officers, disaster management experts and civil society organisation.]
(3) In any district where zila parishad exists, the Chairperson thereof shall be the co-Chairperson of the District Authority.
(4) The State Government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of Additional Collector or Additional District Magistrate or Additional Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, of the district to be the Chief Executive Officer of the District Authority to exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be prescribed by the State Government and such other powers and functions as may be delegated to him by the District Authority.
Section 25, The Disaster Management Act, 2005 (Act 53 of 2005).
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… 22.09.2023, slightly modified by the order dated 24.09.2023, stands further modified in terms that the requisitioning of the property in question made under order dated 22.09.2023 read with order dated 24.09.2023 shall remain in operation till 27.10.2023. Accordingly, we direct the authority constituted under section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to modify the order dated 22.09.2023 which is slightly modified by order dated 24.09.2023 and mention therein 27<sup>th</sup> October 2023. $ mathsf{S}.$ We further direct that from 12 hours mid-night between 27.10.2023 and 28.10.2023, the subject property shall be vacated …
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… Petitioner would further submit that Ext.P9 is a decision taken by the 4 th respondent and not by the 3rd respondent and therefore is invalid. Petitioner submits that Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act of 2005") deals with the constitution of a District Disaster Management Authority for every district and the District Collector or District Magistrate shall be the chairperson of the District Authority. Section 30 of the Act of 2005 deals with …
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… calamities vide orders in G.O.Ms.No.15, Revenue (DM.II) Department, dated 04.12.2015 and notified in Annexure-III appended to the said GO that the "Thunderbolt/Lightning Strike" as a "State Specific Disaster"; the District Collector is the Chairperson of the District Disaster Management Authority constituted under Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to implement the instructions of the Government; as no amount is paid to the petitioner, she made a representation on 13.05.2019; in similar facts and circumstances, the respondents have sanctioned and paid the statutory ex gratia relief to the bereaved families of the victims of …
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Questions about Section 25
What does Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act deal with?
Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act is headed "Constitution of District Disaster Management Authority". Every State Government shall, as soon as may be after issue of notification under sub-section (1) of section 14, by notification in the Official Gazette, establish a District Disaster Management Authority for every district in the State with such name as may be specified in that notification.
How do I find court cases under Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Disaster Management Act 2005 25, section 25 Disaster Management Act 2005, section 25 of the Disaster Management Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 14 (Establishment of State Disaster Management Authority), so none of them can safely be read on its own. 5 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. One instrument names it without being made under it, most recently The Disaster Management (Notice of Alleged Offence) Rules, 2007 (2007).
When did Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act come into force?
Section 25 of the Disaster Management Act, cited as Disaster Management Act 2005 25, came into force on 28 Jul 2006, having been enacted on 23 Dec 2005. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
Other sections of this Act
- 2. Definitions1200 words
- 30. Powers and functions of District Authority861 words
- 6. Powers and functions of National Authority703 words
- 42. National Institute of Disaster Management566 words
- 66. Payment of compensation533 words
- 18. Powers and functions of State Authority473 words
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