Under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, the Maintenance Officer…

Section 18(1) requires the State Government to designate "the District Social Welfare Officer or an officer not below the rank of a District Social Welfare Officer, by whatever name called" as Maintenance Officer. The Sub-Divisional Officer rank is the test for presiding over the Maintenance Tribunal under s.7(2), not for this post.