New Delhi, February 24 Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved 272 additional posts in the Revenue department of the Delhi government, in view of the administrative reorganization leading to an increase in the number of districts and subdivisions.
In December last year, the Delhi government reorganized districts, raising their numbers from 11 to 13. The number of subdivisions also increased from 22 earlier to 39.
The newly created posts include two each of district magistrates and additional district magistrates, eight sub-divisional magistrates, six sub registrars, 16 Tehsildars, 22 Naib Tehsildars, 42 each of senior and junior assistants, and several posts under accounts, planning, subordinate services, and steno cadres, officials said.
Before the creation of two new districts, there were 1,553 sanctioned posts in the 11 districts of the Revenue department. After the creation of 272 posts, the total sanctioned posts in the 13 districts have increased to 1,825.
The Delhi government, in a Cabinet decision on December 11, 2025, approved the reorganization of Revenue districts in the national capital from 11 to 13 districts, along with the corresponding increase in sub-divisions and the establishment of 39 sub-registrar offices.
The reorganization resulted in making the districts co-terminus with the zones of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, the New Delhi Municipal Council, and the Delhi Cantonment Board.
The re-organization has been finalized and mapped in accordance with the Cabinet approval and is aligned with the direction of the Deregulation Cell, Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), as well as the ease of doing business mandate of the Centre.
The re-organization has significantly enhanced the statutory responsibilities of the Revenue department, they said.
These responsibilities include expanded judicial and administrative workloads under BNSS, 2023, intensified field-level operations for land record management, Disaster Management work, Election duties, Public Welfare schemes, issuance of certificates, and year-round festival management, they said.