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2025 ഡിസംബർ 29 29th December 2025
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No. 4380 വാലം 14 Vol. XIV
1201 ധനു 14 14th Dhanu 1201 Thiruvananthapuram, Monday
1947 ചപൗഷം 8 8th Pousha 1947
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
General Administration (Protocol) Department
NOTIFICATIONS
I
Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 27th December, 2025.
No. Pro.5A/2/2025-GAD
S. R. O. No. 1426/2025
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of the section 4 of the Census Act, 1948 (37 of 1948), the Government of Kerala hereby appoint the officers mentioned in column (1) of the schedule below as Census Officers with Census Designation mentioned in column (2) to take, or aid in, or supervise the taking of, the Census 2027 within the Local Area specified against each of them in column (3) of the said schedule, namely:–
2| Officers | Designation | Jurisdiction |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| District Collector | Principal Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| Deputy Collector (General) | District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| Joint Director, LSGD | Additional/Deputy District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| Deputy Director of Education Additional/Deputy | District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| Deputy Director of Economics and Statistics | Additional/Deputy District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| District Planning Officer | Additional/Deputy District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| District Informatics Officer | Additional/Deputy District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| District Information Officer | Additional/Deputy District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| District Project Manager, IT Mission | Additional/Deputy District Census Officer | Respective Districts |
| Sub divisional Officers/ Sub Collector/ Revenue Divisional Officer | Sub divisional Census Officer | Respective Revenue Division |
| Tahsildar | Charge Census Officer | Their respective Taluks including Census Towns (Non-statutory), Reserve and vested Forest area, Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Park etc. but excluding Municipal Corporations, Municipal Towns, Cantonments, Special Charges and Outgrowths |
| Additional Tahsildar or Equivalent | Additional Charge Census Officer | Their respective Taluks including Census Towns (Non-statutory), Reserve and vested Forest area, Wildlife Sanctuaries, National Park etc. but excluding Municipal Corporations, Municipal Towns, Cantonments, Special Charges and Outgrowths |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Municipal Secretary/ Administrative Head of Municipal Corporation or Equivalent | Additional Principal Census Officer | Their respective Municipal Corporations with multiple charges (excluding Special Charges) |
| Additional Municipal Secretary/Deputy Municipal Secretary/Deputy Administrative Head of Municipal Corporation as the case may be | City Census Officer | Their respective Municipal Corporations (excluding Special Charges) |
| Chief Officer/ Executive Officer/ Secretary/Administrator | Charge Census Officer | Their respective Municipal Corporations (without multiple charges)/Municipal Towns/ Cantonment Board/Sanitary Board and similar statutory areas under separate local authorities (excluding Special Charges) |
| Appropriate levels below Municipal Secretary/ Administrative Head of Municipal Corporations | Charge Census Officer | Their respective Division or Zone or group of wards of Municipal Corporation with multiple charges (in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kochi and Kozhikode Municipal Corporations) (excluding Special Charges) |
| Appropriate levels below Charge Officer | Additional Charge Census Officer | Their respective Division or Zone or group of wards in Municipal Corporations (excluding Special Charges) |
(2) As per the provisions of Section 11 of Census Act 1948, any Census Officer or any person lawfully required to give assistance towards the taking of Census and who refuses to perform any duty imposed upon him/her by this Act or any rule made thereunder, or any person who hinders or obstructs another person in performing any such duty, shall be punishable with fine up to ` 1,000 (Rupees One Thousand only) and in case of a conviction shall also be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years.
4II
S. R. O. No. 1427/2025
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of section 4 of the said Act, the Governor is further pleased to delegate the Officers noted at column (2) of the above Table the power of appointing Census Officers within their respective jurisdictions.
5III
S. R. O. No. 1428/2025
Under sub-section (3) of section 4 of the Census Act, 1948 (Central Act 37 of 1948), the Government of Kerala hereby authorize the officers specified in column (1) of the schedule to Notification No. Pro. 5A/2/2025/GAD dated 27-12-2025 published as S. R. O. No. 1426 to sign a declaration in writing that any person has been duly appointed as Census Officers functionaries for the local area specified against each of them is column (3) of the said schedule.
6IV
S. R. O. No. 1429/2025
Under section 12 of the Census Act, 1948 (Central Act 37 of 1948), the Government of Kerala hereby appoint the officers mentioned in column (1) of the schedule to Notification No. Pro. 5A/2/2025/GAD dated 27-12-2025 published as S. R. O. No. 1426 as the authority for the local area specified against each of them in column (3) of the schedule for the purpose of the said section.
7V
S. R. O. No. 1430/2025
Under section 12 of the Census Act, 1948 (Central Act 37 of 1948), the Government of Kerala hereby authorize the District Collectors to sanction prosecution under the said Act within their respective jurisdiction.
By order of the Governor,
K. BIJU IAS,
Secretary.
Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) The Government of India have notified under section 3 of the Census Act, 1948 that the Census of Population of India shall be taken during 2027, the reference date for the Census being the 00:00 hrs of the 1st day of March, 2027. Under the relevant section of the Census Act, the State Government have to appoint officers to specified areas and to authorize them to appoint the required Census Officers under them to take or, aid in, or supervise the taking of, the Census within the local area specified under their control and to authorize the District Collectors to sanction prosecution under the said Act within their jurisdiction.
These notifications are issued to achieve the above objects.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PUBLISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 2025