ABSTRACT
District Collector is the head of district administration and the of?cial agent of the state government in the district. Since the range and scope of activities and responsibilities of the district Collector have increased many fold and become more complex and challenging than ever before. The head of the district Administration in both the states face many challenges and the researcher wants to know how do they face the challenges ful?l the expectation of people and sustain their position.The main objectives are to ?nd out the similarity and difference between the two heads of the district administration in two different states. To know the role of Collector and Deputy Commissioner to carry out their traditional functions as well as developmental Administration in Odisha and Meghalaya. The researcher adopted both historical and analytical methods of studying the research problem. The study is based on both primary and secondary source of data. There is certain structural and functional similarity between the two of?ces so also certain visible differences between the District collector of Odisha and Deputy Commissioner in Meghalaya in their work load, accessibility to the common man, political interference, in?uence of pressure groups etc.Since the of?ce of district Collector and Deputy Commissioner is indispensable for the people of the district as well as the state authority, instead of creating hindrances it is better to facilitate the District Collector and create a congenial atmosphere for him /her so that he/she can render his/her best service as the head of the distric