(1) District Collector
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Since district magistrates are responsible for the collection of land revenue in the district, the post is also referred to as the District Collector in terms of the revenue department, and as the office-bearer works under the supervision of a Divisional Commissioner.
A Deputy Commissioner is the chief administrative and revenue officer of a district. The office of the deputy commissioner traces its origin to the district collector system of the early phase of British rule. The district supervisor was appointed with limited functions in 1769. Warren Hastings introduced the district collector system in 1772. The system was, however, repealed in the following year, but restored again in 1787.
Under the Regulation of 27 June 1787, the collector was vested with the powers of a judge and magistrate. The collector had also some authority over the police. With the introduction of the permanent settlement in Bengal in 1793, the collector was stripped of his judicial and police powers, but by 1831 he was reinvested with judicial powers. Since then, the collector was known in Bengal as the district magistrate and collector or just as the district magistrate.