Village Administrative Officer (VAO) Office

Village Administrative Officer (VAO) office is one of the most important village level administrative functional institution. Village Administrative office is also known as “Panchayat Secretary Office”. Panchayat Secretary is non-elected representative, appointed by state government to oversee panchayat activities. Panchayat Secretary performs all bureaucratic functions of village panchayat. Village administrative office assisted by all administrative matters in a village panchayat.

Main Duties and Responsibilities of a Village Administrative Office are :

•    Revenue Records : Preparation and maintenance of records related to village revenue and land records
•      Tax collection : Land revenue, tree tax and others
•       Recovery of dues to the government
•      Reporting Functions: Reporting higher authorities about important happenings in the village such as unnatural death, caste feud, objectionable encroachments etc.
•      Certificate Issue to farmers.
•      Enquiry and Petitions : To furnish inspection and enquiry reports on petitions
•    During Natural Calamities: Immediate reporting to higher authorities about natural calamities and assisting in relief operations and rehabilitation measures.
•    Data Collection : Gathering Field Level data about Below Poverty Line ( BPL), Civil supply and Consumer Affairs
•     Abolishing Bonded Labour: Being vigil over incident like bonded labour
•      Election Duties : Arrangement of polling booths during elections
•     Issue of Solvency Certificate for bail purposes.