Hisar, Haryana - Civic Administration

Civic Administration

Hisar is a separate municipality since 1867. The current city of Hisar was made the headquarters of the Hisar district in 1832. It is now administered by Municipal Corporation, Hisar. The Municipal Corporation is headed by Municipal Commissioner, who is generally an IAS. The functions of the MCH include water supply, drainage and sewerage, sanitation, solid waste management, street lighting, and building regulation. Law and order in the city is maintained by Haryana Police, which is headed by Superintendent of Police. The city also serves as headquarters of the Hisar Range of Haryana Police which covers Sirsa, Jind, Bhiwani and Hisar and is headed by Inspector General of Police. District court was set up at Hisar in 1832 and was upgraded as a Sessions Division in 1915. It is headed by Chief Judicial Magistrate. The district court has a Bar Association which was founded in 1870. Lala Lajpat Rai practiced as a lawyer in Hisar in 1886.

Offices of the Municipal Corporation, Hisar and Haryana Police are located at District Administrative Complex also known as Mini Secretariat which was completed in 1980 whereas the offices of Hisar Sessions Division and Hisar District Bar Association are located at Judiciary Complex adjoining District Administrative Complex. This administrative and judiciary complex is largest in Haryana and at a district headquarters may be one of the largest in the country.

The city falls under the Hisar Lok Sabha constituency, thus contributing one Member of Parliament (MP). It is a battalion Headquarters of 33rd Battalion of Border Security Force and 3rd Battalion of Haryana Armed Police. The 33rd Armoured Division of Indian Army is stationed at Hisar and is a part of I Corps. In 1996, Brigade of the Guards arrived here for conversion to mechanised profile. The unit is now a fully mechanised battalion.