<P> A District Collector, often abbreviated to Collector, is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer in charge of revenue collection and administration of a district in India . Since District Collectors are seniormost executive magistrate in the district, the post is also referred to as the District Magistrate and as the office - bearer works under the supervision of a Divisional Commissioner, the post is also known as Deputy Commissioner . </P> <P> District Administration in India is a legacy of the British Raj . District Collectors were members of the Indian Civil Service and were charged with supervising general administration in the district . </P>

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