ADMINISTRATIVE SETUP
REPRESENTATIVE
EACH SETTLEMENT HAS A SETTLEMENT OFFICER WHO IS THE
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
HOME APPOINTED BY CENTRAL TIBETAN ADMINISTRATION
(CTA), DHARAMSALA. SETTLEMENT OFFICER IS
THE PRINCIPLE POST OF THE SETTLEMENT. HE IS CHARGED
WITH OVERALL CONTROL OF RUNNING OF AFFAIRS IN
THE SETTLEMENT. UNDER THE REPRESENTATIVE THERE ARE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY,
APPOINTED BY CTA, MANAGER OF THE WORKSHOP AND OTHER
SMALL HANDICRAFT AND ALSO VILLAGE LEADERS.
REPRESENTATIVE ACTS AS THE LIAISON BETWEEN THE
SETTLEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME (CTA)
AND IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR THE PEOPLE
IN THE SETTLEMENT. THE ROLES OF CHIEF
DIPLOMAT, CHIEF JUSTICE AND HEAD OF THE SETTLEMENT ARE
ALL COMBINED IN ONE POST. DAILY TASK FOR
THE REPRESENTATIVE RANGE FROM ADJUDICATING DISPUTES
TO COMMUNICATING WITH GROUP LEADERS AND
OUTSIDE AUTHORITIES, AND GENERALLY WATCHING OVER THE
RUNNING OF ALL ASPECTS OF THE SETTLEMENT.
• GROUP LEADERS
THE FUNCTIONING OR ACTIVITIES OF EVERY SETTLEMENT ARE
MORE OR LESS SIMILARLY TO EACH OTHER. THERE
ARE 7 VILLAGES IN THIS SETTLEMENT AND EACH OF THESE 7
VILLAGES POSSESS AN ELECTED GROUP LEADERS
WHOSE JOB IS TO ACT AS AN INTERMEDIARY WITH RELEVANT
AUTHORITIES, PASS ON INFORMATION, SETTLE DISPUTES AND
COLLECT MONEY. GROUP LEADERS ARE NOT ELECTED FOR
THEIR POLICY-MAKING IDEA, NOR DO
THEY CAMPAIGN ON CERTAIN ISSUE. THESE GROUP LEADERS
ARE CHOSEN ON THE BASIS OF THEIR STRENGTH OF
PERSONALITY AND ONCE ABILITY TO STAND BEFORE THE
INTEREST OF THEIR VILLAGE. THE DUTY OF THE LEADER IS
MORE OR LESS LIKE THE REPRESENTATIVE, BUT ON SMALLER
AND MORE PERSONAL SCALE.
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