This Office plays a pivotal role in the field of law and order; it ensures that peace and tranquillity is maintained in the district. It conducts election for Assembly, Parliamentary as well as Village Council election; it ensures that electoral roll is purified and authenticated through various revisions. It also deals with developmental works and various Centrally Sponsored Schemes, Inner Line regulations, arms and explosives, land and building, relief and rehabilitation, census, consumer forum, and various certificates are issued and handled by this Office alone. This office has dynamically coordinated with Non-Governmental Organizations so that the voice of the people in the form of organization is never ruled out.

This Office directly deals with the citizen. On everyday basis, it is providing numerous citizen centric services from school children to adults. Deputy Commissioner’s Office, Serchhip is committed to achieving the goals of citizen centric administration through effective delivery of public services in an atmosphere of transparency, accountability and efficiency.

Vision

To actively indulge in the pursuit of excellence in good governance by providing a transparent, trustworthy, responsive, efficient and accountable district administration.

Mission

1. Co-ordinating all departments for smooth and effective functioning of administrative machinery in the district.
2. To successfully implement and monitor all developmental works and schemes like MPLADS, MLALADS, BADP etc. 
3. Conducting a free and fair election, preparing an authentic electoral roll and issue EPIC.
4. Maintaining law and order through the exercise of magisterial powers.
5. Enumerating and registering nation-wide censuses like Biometric enumeration, NPR, SECC as and when required.
6. Observing important National days and maintaining of Protocols.
7. Upholding Inner Line Regulations through notified Guidelines.
8. Redressing public grievances and queries by promoting rapid service delivery to the citizens.
9. Disseminating best practices, easy approach and grass root level service delivery to the citizens.

Organizational Set Up & Details of Business Transacted

The Office is headed by the Deputy Commissioner who supervises and controls the functioning of all the branches through officers and staffs subordinate to him. The organizational structure of the Office is enclosed in Annexure-1. The Deputy Commissioner is the Chairman of various Committees in the district as many as 40.

The details of business transacted is as under:-

1. Law and Order/Judicial
   • As the Office of the District Magistrate, it is responsible for maintenance of law and order, peace and tranquillity, controlling and supervising the executive magistrates and the action of district police.
   • Issue of prohibitory orders when there is a threat to public peace under CRPC etc. and disposal of petitions received from the government and others.
   • It also deals with matters of arms and explosives, sanction prosecution order in case of contravention of Arms Act, 1959. It is also in-charge of recovery of loans and debts under MPDRA 2001 certificate case through Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
   • This branch deals with matters relating to permission for public activities, issuance of Schedule Tribe, Residential, Birth and Income Certificates.
2. Election Branch:

   The duties and activities of Election Branch are as indicated below:

   1. The Election Commission of India, from time to time have ordered Intensive, Summary, Special Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls. In these connections, the Election Branch of the District Election Officer’s Office, performs all related works such as Designation of Returning Officers, Asst. Electoral Registration Officers have also been processed by the Election Officer.
   2. Since the Electors’ Photo Identity Cards has introduced by the Election Commission of India, more than 80% of the Electors has been photographed and the distribution of the same has been done through the appointed Booth Level Officers of the designated polling stations. Photo Electoral Rolls has also been prepared for the first time in the Summary Revision of Electoral Rolls, 2007
   3. As per the guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India, Booth Level Officers for all Polling Stations in Aizawl District has been appointed. Also issued guidelines for Booth Level Officers.
   4. Computerization of Electoral Rolls has been started since summary Revision of Electoral Rolls, 1998 as per the order of Election Commission of India.

3. Disaster Management & Rehabilitation

   This Branch deals with relief and rehabilitation of victims of Natural Calamities whenever any natural calamities occurs within the district, Verifying Officers are detailed for spot verification and giving relief to the victims based on the reports of the Officers in terms giving immediate relief in the form of financial assistance, disbursement of materials like GCI sheets and silpouline free of cost, etc. This branch deals with matters relating to District Disaster Management Programme (UNDP-GOI Programme). This branch is under the direct control of SDO(S) who is a nodal Officer of the District Disaster Management Committee for Aizawl District. The SDO(S)’s Office Chamber is declared as a Control Room for Disaster Management, Aizawl District. The report of damages caused by landslide and fires etc. to dwelling houses should be written in plain paper and addressed to the Deputy Commissioner. The report should clearly state the date, time and place of occurance of the Natural Calamity. All these facts shall then be verified first hand by an Officer designated by the Deputy Commissioner for spot inspection.