Mukhopadhyay, Asok creator text xu| 1997 continuing ng p.696-702. Tracing briefly the evolution and blossoming of the institution of District Magistrate (DM) through East India Company times and the period following when it embodied the imperial government, the author critically analyses the phase of its decline beginning in 1960s and reasons thereof. He then examines the future prospects of this institution keeping in view demands of technology of planning and development necessitating redefinition of its role. - Reproduced District administration - India District administration Indian Journal of Public Administration 180718