Answer: Maintaining law and order in the district is the primary duty of the district magistrate. For this, he has a large police department under the Superintendent of Police (S.P.). The Superintendent of Police is the chief of the Police Department who controls and supervises the department. There are many other officers to help the S.P. They are the Additional Superintendent (ASP), the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Circle Inspectors and Sub Inspectors, Head Constables and Constables.

There are Additional District Magistrates (ADMs), Sub- Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) and Tehsildars to maintain law and order in their respective areas. In case of disruption in the law and order system in any part of the district, the police department takes administrative action under the supervision of the Superintendent of Police. It examines the basis of FIR and performs the work of providing punishment to the culprits. At times, it also takes help of other departments in arresting law affenders and order breakers and provides punishment to them.