There are 06 regional Principal Directorates under the management of the Directorate General Defence Estates. Principal Director is the head of the office of the regional Directorates of Defence Estates Organization located at Lucknow, Pune, Kolkata, Jammu, Chandigarh and Jaipur. They are advisors to the GOC-in-C of the Army Command for all matters pertaining to administration of Cantonments and management of Defence land within the Command jurisdiction. They are advisors to the similarly placed officers of the of other Services i.e. Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, (FOC-in-C, AOC-in-C etc. in respective Commands); moreover, PD, DE needs to advise on land matters to the Ordnance Factory Organisation, DRDO, Defence Accounts Department too. They attend to all matters pertaining to the area of responsibility of Defence Estates Organization in their respective Directorates jurisdiction viz. Land Administration, Land Acquisition, Requisition of land, Hiring of lands & buildings, Cantonment Administration, management of land outside cantonment, including Military Stations of the three major services (Army, Air Force and Navy), besides other organization like Ordnance Factories, DRDO, Defence Account Deptt, Defence Public undertakings etc. The Principal Directors exercise statutory functions as prescribed in the Cantonments Act, 2006. The Principal Director also exercises administrative supervision over the staff officers in the Command and field offices namely, the Defence Estates Officers and Chief Executive Officers within the jurisdiction of the Command Directorates.
Jurisdiction of Directorates:
Contact details of Directorates:
| Sr. No. | Name of Directorate | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principal Directorate Defence Estates, Central Command, Lucknow | pdde[dot]cc-dgde[at]nic[dot]in, dtecc-dgde[at]gov[dot]in |
| 2 | Principal Directorate Defence Estates, Eastern Command, Kolkata | pdde[dot]ec-dgde[at]nic[dot]in |
| 3 | Principal Directorate Defence Estates, Northern Command, Jammu | pdde[dot]nc-dgde[at]nic[dot]in |
| 4 | Principal Directorate Defence Estates, Southern Command, Pune | pdde[dot]sc-dgde[at]nic[dot]in |
| 5 | Principal Directorate Defence Estates, South-Western Command, Jaipur | pdde[dot]swc-dgde[at]nic[dot]in |
| 6 | Principal Directorate Defence Estates, Western Command, Chandigarh | pdde[dot]wc-dgde[at]nic[dot]in |
