The Delhi government is expected to issue orders shortly appointing 13 IAS officers as district magistrates and 39 senior officers as sub-divisional magistrates across the capital’s newly notified administrative units, officials said.
The appointments follow the recent notification on the reorganisation of Delhi into 13 districts and 39 sub-divisions, replacing the earlier structure of 11 districts and 33 sub-divisions. The Cabinet decision on the restructuring has been approved by Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena.
Officials said the appointments are likely to be announced soon, though it is yet to be decided whether existing district magistrates and sub-divisional magistrates will continue in their current positions, be reshuffled, or be replaced. The final position will be clear once the orders are issued. Several officers may be retained, as many have not completed two years in their present postings, officials added.
According to another official, the mapping of office space for all 13 district magistrates and 39 sub-divisional magistrates has already been completed. Initially, the officers will function from the existing office complexes that currently house the 11 district magistrates. Space has been identified within these premises until new offices are established.
Once the appointment orders are notified, the officers will assume charge and begin functioning in accordance with the newly drawn district boundaries.
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To ensure continuity of public services, particularly document registration, the existing sub-registrar offices will continue to operate under an interim jurisdictional arrangement. The government said the Cabinet-approved expansion of the current 22 sub-registrar offices into 39 new offices will be implemented through a separate notification at a later stage.
Officials said the reorganisation was undertaken to address a long-standing mismatch between the boundaries of revenue districts and municipal zones, which had led to delays in grievance redressal and coordination issues in land records.
As part of the exercise, three new districts—Old Delhi, Central North and Outer North—have been created, while 10 existing districts have been retained with revised boundaries. The restructuring is aimed at improving administrative coordination, service delivery, monitoring, and grievance redressal.