How did the Ashok Mehta Committee (1977) differ fundamentally from the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee (1957) regarding the role of the District Collector and the Zila Parishad?

Options:

• A: Ashok Mehta Committee recommended that all development functions of the district should be transferred to the Zila Parishad, placing the Collector under its control, whereas Balwant Rai Mehta kept the Collector as the Chairman of the Zila Parishad.
• B: Ashok Mehta Committee recommended making the Collector the absolute supreme authority over the Zila Parishad, whereas Balwant Rai Mehta recommended reducing the Collector's role to a mere observer.
• C: Ashok Mehta Committee recommended abolishing the post of Collector entirely, whereas Balwant Rai Mehta recommended strengthening it.
• D: Ashok Mehta Committee recommended that the Collector should have no role in development, which should be handled entirely by the state secretariat, whereas Balwant Rai Mehta recommended decentralizing it to the block level.

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