One view holds that the system carries only minimal consequence, since administrative mechanisms exist to preserve continuity regardless of how many charges an officer holds. Seventeen districts today, up from three at statehood, imply a fourteen-district increase in the demand for Deputy Commissioners, ADCs, SDOs, EACs and their supporting police apparatus. Attention might also be paid to the conditions under which additional charge is exercised. The absence of precise guidelines on how officers should balance a primary posting against an additional charge is itself telling. Nagaland’s expanding district map reflects an aspiration toward governance that is closer to the people it serves.