Revenue & Disaster Management Department is mainly a three tier system, with the Revenue Department at the hub, and the Board of Revenue being the main player in controlling almost all the matter relating to collection of revenue and disposal of revenue cases. The Board of Revenue is headed by the Member, Board of Revenue. There are three, Revenue Divisional Commissioners for Northern, Southern and Central Division and are placed at Sambalpur, Berhampur, and Cuttack respectively.

               The head of the revenue administration in the district is the Collector (District Magistrate) and is the main officer in charge of land related matters and maintenance of law and order problem. Besides, he undertakes all the developmental activities and implementation of various schemes with the help of concerned departments. Maintenance of Law & Order is another important aspect of district administration and the Collector also being the District Magistrate is responsible for proper maintenance of the same. The Additional District Magistrate's, Sub Divisional Magistrate's and Executive Magistrate's aid the District Magistrate. The Tehsildar of the Tehsils also function as Executive Magistrates and are responsible for maintenance of Law & Order in their respective Tehsils. The District Magistrate and other magistrates take the necessary assistance from the police department for any necessity.

              As regards other revenue department officers of the state, they assist the Principal Secretary in framing and formulation of policies relating to Revenue administration and land management. The officials of revenue department of the districts are responsible for maintaining law and order, collection of land revenue and other related matters, issue of various certificates to the public; they are responsible for all election related works including conduct of general election to the Assembly and Parliament, Municipal election and Panchayat election. The most vital being to efficiently, tackle all the natural calamities. Further Revenue Department officials have direct contact with the general public and their main job is also to redress their grievances. Besides, the Revenue Department officials does the miscellaneous works  as assigned to them from time to time.

              The Tahsildar is in charge of the tehsil for revenue work including revenue court work, to collect revenue punctually, to point out promptly to the Collector any failure of crops or seasonal calamity which renders suspension or remission necessary and to carry out within his own sphere other duties connected with land revenue administration. He is a touring officer and his tours afford him ample opportunities to deal, on the spot with revenue cases and other matters connected with lapses of land revenue assignments, etc.