(1) The State Government may, by notification, appoint to each district as many Assistant Commissioners as it may deem expedient; all such Assistant Commissioners and all other officers employed in the Revenue Administration of the district shall be subordinate to 2[the Revenue Commissioner]2 the [Regional Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner]1.
(2) The State Government, may place any Assistant Commissioner appointed under sub- section (1) to be in-charge of the revenue administration of 1[x x x]1 one or more taluks called a Revenue Sub-Division. Such Assistant Commissioner shall perform all the duties and exercise all the powers conferred upon the Assistant Commissioner by this Act or any other law for the time being in force. Such Assistant Commissioner shall also, subject to the provisions of Chapter V and to the orders of the State Government, if any, perform all the duties and exercise all the powers conferred upon the Deputy Commissioner by this Act or any other law for the time being in force.
(3) An Assistant Commissioner appointed under sub-section (1), but not placed in-charge of a Revenue Sub-Division under sub-section (2) shall, subject to the orders of the State Government, exercise such powers and perform such duties as the Deputy Commissioner may assign to him.
[(4) The State Government shall prescribe without prejudice to the provisions of the Karnataka State Public Records Act, 2010 (Karnataka Act 09 of 2011) and the rules made there under, the registers, accounts and other records that shall be kept and the manner of storage and retrieval by the Assistant Commissioner.
(5) The Assistant Commissioner shall keep all such registers, accounts and other records as may be prescribed under sub-section (4) and he shall, whenever called upon by any superior revenue officer of the district, region or state, prepare or retrieve records connected with the affairs of the district, which are required either for the use of the Central or the State Government or the public in such manner as may be prescribed.]1