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Collectorate

A district is an administrative division of a state. The office of the collector is the chief representative of government in a District. The Collector has wide powers and manifold responsibilities. In many ways he is chief custodian of law and authority, the pivot on which runs the local administration. The Collector is assisted by Additional Collectors and Deputy Collectors. Works of office of Collector is divided into different sections. In each section one or two employees are posted who work under the supervision of office superintendent/assistant office superintendent.

List of Collectors and their tenure in Durg district

Under Madhya Pradesh Government
S.No. Name From To
1 Shri R. K. PATIL 1942 June1942
2 Shri Maharaja Nagendra Singh June 1942 February1943
3 Shri M. Rajan March1943 June1945
4 Shri C. S. Ramachandran June1945 July1947
5 Shri D. A. The white July1947 September1948
6 Shri C. L. Gupta September1948 September1949
7 Shri N. C. Gupta September1949 October1950
8 Shri B. P. Pathak October 1950 March1951
9 Shri B. R. Mandal March1951 September 1952
10 Shri M. V. Rajwade September 1952 August1953
11 Shri G. C. Desai September 1953 June 1956
12 Shri Dinkar Deshmukh June 1956 October 1956
13 Shri S. H. Auvle November1956 April1957
14 Shri R. P. Mishra April1957 September 1960
15 Shri R. N. Chopra May1962 June 1963
16 Shri S. K. S. Chiv June 1963 February1964
17 Shri D. G. Bhave May1964 November 1965
18 Shri R. K. Pandey November 1965 September 1967
19 Shri K. D. Ballal September 1967 October 1968
20 Shri M. S. Dubey November 1968 June 1969
21 Shri N. R. Krishnan June 1969 November 1969
22 Shri A. K. Banerjee November 1969 September 1970
23 Shri K. D. Saxena 1. 2. 1971 14. 4. 1973
24 Shri V. N. Kaul 15. 4. 1973 17. 9. 1975
25 Shri R. C. Saxena 18. 9. 1975 4. 6. 1977
26 Shri Ramesh Das 5. 6. 1977 5. 6. 1978
27 Shri A. K. Bhatt 3. 7. 1978 12. 8. 1980
28 Shri S. S. Porte 18. 8. 1980 15. 7. 1983
29 Shri S. P. Dubey 16. 7. 1983 16. 6. 1986
30 Shri Prashant Mehta 17. 6. 1986 21. 5. 1987
31 Shri R. D. Aherwar 22. 5. 1987 4. 4. 1988
32 Shri Harshamandar 5. 4. 1988 18. 7. 1988
33 Shri Khushi Ram 22. 8. 1988 12. 2. 1989
34 Shri Vivek Dhond 13. 2. 1989 17. 2. 1991
35 Shri P. S. Tomar 20. 2. 1991 7. 8. 1992
36 Shri Pukhraj Maru 7. 8. 1992 30. 4. 1993
37 Shri B. P. Singh 30. 4. 1993 26. 6. 1996
38 Shri Seva Ram 8. 7. 1996 4. 7. 1998
39 Shri B. L. Agarwal 6. 7. 1998 31. 10. 2000
Under Chhattisgarh Government
S.No. Name From To
1 Shri B. L. Agarwal 1. 11. 2000 23. 12. 2000
2 Shri I. C. P. Keshari 23. 12. 2000 1. 1. 2004
3 Shri Jawahar Shrivastav 1. 1. 2004 30. 5. 2006
4 Shri Subrata Sahu 30. 5. 2006 21. 12. 2008
5 Shri T. Ram Singh 22. 12. 2008 11. 02. 2011
6 Mrs Reena Baba Saheb Kangale 12. 02. 2011 22. 02. 2011
7 Shri T. Ram Singh 23. 02. 2011 6. 5. 2011
8 Mrs Reena Baba Saheb Kangale 6. 5. 2011 31. 7. 2012
9 Shri Brajesh Chandra Mishra 31. 7. 2012 2. 6. 2014
10 Mrs. R. Shangita 2. 6. 2014 23.5.2017
11 Shri Umesh Kumar Agrawal 29.5.2017 06.02.2019
12 Shri Ankit Anand 06.02.2019 28.05.2020
13 Dr. Sarveshwar Narendra Bhure 28.05.2020 01.07.2022
14 Shri Pushpendra Kumar Meena 02.07.2022 04.01.2024
15 Ms Richa Prakash Choudhary 04.01.2024