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Delhi Names District Magistrates for Newly Reorganised 13 Districts

Officials say aligning revenue boundaries with civic bodies will speed services, cutting jurisdictional confusion.

The government has sanctioned ₹25 crore in the current financial year for the first phase of the transition, officials said.
The reorganisation will align revenue district boundaries with those of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) as officials said mismatched boundaries have long caused delays in grievance redressal, enforcement, land record management, and disaster planning. (Photo for representation)

Overview

  • Services department orders posted district magistrates and key sub-divisional officers to Old Delhi, Central North and Outer North, operationalising the new administrative map.
  • The government formally notified the shift from 11 to 13 revenue districts on December 25, creating three new districts and merging the former Shahdara into neighbouring units.
  • Reports differ on when the new framework takes effect, with the notification cited as immediate in some accounts and January 1, 2026 in others.
  • Interim jurisdictions for existing Sub-Registrar Offices were issued to keep property and document registrations running during the transition, with an approved expansion from 22 to 39 SROs to follow.
  • Plans include district-level Mini Secretariats and a ₹25 crore first-phase outlay, with the realigned map intended to guide early-2026 administrative tasks such as the census.