law: Disaster Management Act, 2005 
  Chapter IV: District
  
  Disaster Management Authority 
  25. Constitution of
  
  District Disaster Management Authority.- 
  1.     
  
    Every
  
  State Government shall, as soon as may be after issue of notification under
  
  sub-section (1) of section 14, by notification in the Official Gazette,
  
  establish a District Disaster Management Authority for every district in the
  
  State with such name as may be specified in that notification.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  District Authority shall consist of the Chairperson and such number of other
  
  members, not exceeding seven, as may be prescribed by the State Government, and
  
  unless the rules otherwise provide, it shall consist of the following, namely:-
  
  
  a.     
  
    the
  
  Collector or District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, of
  
  the district who shall be Chairperson, ex officio;
  b.    
  
    the
  
  elected representative of the local authority who shall be the co-Chairperson,
  
  ex officio:
  Provided that in the Tribal Areas, as
  
  referred to in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution, the Chief Executive
  
  Member of the district council of autonomous district, shall be the
  
  co-Chairperson, ex officio;
  a.     
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
    the
  
  Chief Executive Officer of the District Authority, ex officio;
  d.    
  
    the
  
  Superintendent of Police, ex officio;
  e.     
  
    the
  
  Chief Medical Officer of the district, ex officio;
  f.     
  
    not
  
  exceeding two other district level officers, to be appointed by the State
  
  Government.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    In
  
  any district where zila parishad exists, the Chairperson thereof shall be the
  
  co-Chairperson of the District Authority.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  State Government shall appoint an officer not below the rank of Additional
  
  Collector or Additional District Magistrate or Additional Deputy Commissioner,
  
  as the case may be, of the district to be the Chief Executive Officer of the
  
  District Authority to exercise such powers and perform such functions as may be
  
  prescribed by the State Government and such other powers and functions as may
  
  be delegated to him by the District Authority.