Gazetteer Branch RTI
| Sl No. | Branch Head | Key objective | Other details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Editor | Publication of District/State Gazetteers and reprinting of old District/State Gazetteers/Settlement Reports | The preparation of gazetteers was initiated as early as 1871 when (Sir) W.W.Hunter presented a comprehensive plan for the gazetteers to the then Government of India. The first edition of The Imperial Gazetteers of India was published in 1881 in nine volumes. The companion volume The Indian Empire: Its History, People and Products, appeared in 1882, the second edition of The Imperial Gazetteers of India was brought out in fourteen volumes in 1885-87. The new revised edition of the Gazetteer was published in 1907-09 in twenty six volumes, the first four volumes being the revised versions of Hunter’s The Indian Empire, the next twenty constituting the alphabetical series and the last two the index and atlas. During the British times, the work of compiling Gazetteers was taken up in the Punjab after the great Census Report of Sir Denzil Ibbetson in 1881. The Government of India replaced the Standing Order No. 43, Original Issue, dated 19th October, 1909 in this regard. The orders of the Government of India as to the preparation of the Gazetteers will be found in Paragraph 836 of the Land Administration Manual. Under the provisions contained in Chapter-XVII of the Land Revenue Manual (as applicable to Haryana) the revision of Gazetteers has now been entrusted to a separate organization under the supervision and control of the State Editor, Gazetteers, who under takes the work of revising gazetteers under the administrative control of the Financial Commissioner, Revenue. The instructions of the Government of India are contained in their letter No. F.23-1/55.C-1(A), dated 17th November, 1956. To ensure “uniformity of form contents and standard”, the Government of India laid down Chapter headings and Contents “providing”, however “room for variations and additions to meet the local or special needs”. The District Gazetteers of a country make a valuable series, which will serve as a harmonising factor by increasing one’s knowledge of the different parts of the country and the people, which will lead to the engendering of sympathy, tolerance, and a greater understanding of one another. As such, by stressing the fundamental unity underlying the difference that exists from district to district in any one State or in the country as a whole, the district gazetteers contribute in a vital form for promoting political unity, cultural oneness and national integration. As per the ‘Plan of Gazetteers’ as enshrined under paragraph 17.2 of the Land Revenue Manual, the district Gazetteers in Haryana have 19 chapters. Since the inception of Haryana in 1966, the Gazetteers Organisation of the Revenue and Disaster Management Department has been compiling/re-revising the district Gazetteers and State Gazetteers on the pattern laid down by the Government of India. Published Gazetteers of Haryana have been uploaded on official website of the department under the link Researchers > Gazetteers of Haryana. In addition, the Gazetteers Branch is also re-printing old British Gazetteers which were more than 100 year old and had become rare. These Gazetteers are of historical importance, extremely useful, and are in great demand, as they depicted the then conditions of this area extremely well. In this series, the branch has re-printed 19 Gazetteers, 3 volumes on Customary laws (Hisar, Sirsa and Karnal) and 8 Statistical Tables (Part B of Gazetteers). The re-printing work of old Settlement reports of historical importance is also going on. These Settlement Reports pertaining to the British period contain valuable data and give vivid description of a district, its former fiscal history, scope of settlement, revenue, statistical and economical examination of the existing conditions, measurement, re-measurement, revision of records etc. Besides this, with the view of preservation of old documents, 36 documents of historical importance have been got digitized so that data contained therein may be available for future use of the Government authorities. Also, the re-prints of the previously published documents, and publications made by the branch have been put up and being managed on the official website of the department under the link ‘Researchers |
| Sl No. | Designation | Office Address | Telephone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joint State Editor | F.C.R. Office 3rd Floor | 0172-2704393 |
| 2 | Editor | F.C.R. Office 3rd Floor | Ext.-265 |
| Sl No. | Name of Post | Work Distribution among Officers/officials in the Branch |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | State Editor | Supervision of Officers & Officials of Gazetteers Br. |
| 2 | Joint State Editor | Administrative work relating to Gazetteers Branch final editing of District Gazetteers/reprinting of old documents etc and put-up final draft for approval of C.M. In addition to final drafting, Reading and writing, research oriented, touring etc. work. |
| 3 | Editor, Gazetteers | Editing/re-editing of drafts of District Gazetteer/State Gazetteer, etc put-up by A.Es for submission to JSE. In addition to editing of draft, Reading and writing, research oriented, touring etc. work. |
| 4 | Assistant Editors | Collect the information/data of the District Gazetteers and prepare the draft and put-up to the Editor. In addition to drafting Reading and writing, research oriented, touring etc. work. |
| Sl No. | Acts/Rules/ orders |
|---|---|
| 1 | Haryana Civil Service Rules for disposing of service matters of the employees posted with the Commission |
| 2 | Punjab Financial Rules for disposing of financial matters |
| 3 | Policies/Instructions of the State Government issued from time to time |
| 4 | Haryana Land Record Manual 2013( only Chapter XVII, Gazetteers) |
| Sl No. | Name of Post | Work Distribution among Officers/officials in the Branch |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joint State Editor | Administrative work, relating to Gazetteers Branch final editing of District Gazetteers/reprinting of old documents etc and put-up final draft for approval of C.M. In addition to final drafting, Reading and writing, research oriented, touring etc. work |
| 2 | Editor, Gazetteers | Editing/re-editing of drafts of District Gazetteer/State Gazetteer, etc put-up by A.Es for submission to JSE. In addition to editing of draft, Reading and writing, research oriented, touring etc. work |
| 3 | Assistant Editors | Collect the information/data of the District Gazetteers and prepare the draft and put-up to the Editor. In addition to drafting Reading and writing, research oriented, touring etc. work |
| 4 | Assistant | Assisting A.Es including the typing work of Editor and dealing of PUC’s. |
| 5 | Clerk | Put up PUC and Record keeping etc |
| 6 | Steno | Diary and Dispatch etc |