Defence Estates Office acts as agent of the Central Government i.e. it acts as the representative of the Government of India, in a position of Official independence both from the military authorities and the Cantonment Authority, in all general matters connected with the administration of land, and in particular to manage all land in the possession of Govt. of India which has not been entrusted to the management of the Cantonment Authority under rule 11.
Defence Estates Officer is Custodian of Defence land records and manages Defence land under his control. The Officer defends Govt interest in litigation relating to Defence land. They excercise the statutory functions of Estates OFficer under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupation) Act. He is responsible for hiring, requisitioning and acquisition of land and buildings. The work relating to acquisition of land for defence services and requisition/ hiring of immovable property, execution of various deeds, mutation of properties, maintenance of Military Land Registers/ General Land Registers, survey of defence land etc. and interactions with Stated Administration in various matters, are also part of his duties. All the litigations pertaining defended by the Defence Estates Officer on behalf of Union of India. They also supervise the working of hte staff of thier office.There are 39 Defence Estates Circles and 4 Independent ADEOs.
DEO’s/ADEO’s Jurisdiction across India:
Sr. No. | Command | Office Name | |
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1 | Central Command | DEO Agra | deoagra-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
2 | Central Command | DEO Allahabad | deoalla-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
3 | Central Command | DEO Bareilly | deobare-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
4 | Central Command | DEO Bhubanesawr | deobhub-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
5 | Central Command | DEO Danapur | deodana-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
6 | Central Command | DEO Jabalpur | deojaba-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
7 | Central Command | DEO Lucknow | deoluck-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
8 | Central Command | DEO Meerut | deomeer-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
9 | Central Command | DEO Mhow | deomhow-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
10 | Central Command | DEO Dehradun | deodehradun-dgde[at]gov[dot]in |
11 | Central Command | Sub Office Ranikhet | sofcranikhet-dgde[at]gov[dot]in |
12 | Eastern Command | ADEO Agartala | adeoagar-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
13 | Eastern Command | DEO Guwahati | deoguwa-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
14 | Eastern Command | DEO Jorhat | deojorh-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
15 | Eastern Command | DEO Kolkata | deokolk-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
16 | Eastern Command | DEO Siliguri | deosili-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
17 | Eastern Command | DEO Tezpur | deotezp-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
18 | Eastern Command | DEO Itanagar | deoitanagar-dgde[at]gov[dot]in |
19 | Northern Command | ADEO Baramulla | adeobara-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
20 | Northern Command | ADEO Rajouri | adeorajo-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
21 | Northern Command | DEO Leh | deoleh-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
22 | Northern Command | DEO Srinagar | deosrin-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
23 | Northern Command | DEO Udhampur | deoudha-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
24 | Southern Command | ADEO Port Blair | adeoport-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
25 | Southern Command | DEO Ahmedabad | deoahme-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
26 | Southern Command | DEO Bangalore | deobang-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
27 | Southern Command | DEO Bhopal | deobhop-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
28 | Southern Command | DEO Chennai | deochen-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
29 | Southern Command | DEO Cochin | deococh-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
30 | Southern Command | DEO Goa | deopana-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
31 | Southern Command | DEO Jodhpur | deojodh-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
32 | Southern Command | DEO Mumbai | deomumb-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
33 | Southern Command | DEO Pune | deopune-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
34 | Southern Command | DEO Secunderabad | deosecu-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
35 | Southern Command | DEO Visakhapatnam | deoviza-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
36 | South-Western Command | DEO Bathinda | deobath-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
37 | South-Western Command | DEO Bikaner | deobika-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
38 | South-Western Command | DEO Jaipur | deojaip-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
39 | Western Command | DEO Ambala | deoamba-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
40 | Western Command | DEO Chandigarh | deochan-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
41 | Western Command | DEO Delhi | deodelh-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
42 | Western Command | DEO Jalandhar | deojala-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
43 | Western Command | DEO Jammu | deojamm-stats[at]nic[dot]in |
44 | Western Command | DEO Pathankot | deopath-stats[at]nic[dot]in |