List of administrators of Chandigarh

Administrator of Chandigarh
Incumbent
Gulab Chand Kataria
since 31 July 2024
StyleHis Excellency
Reports toPresident of India
ResidenceRaj Bhavan; Chandigarh
AppointerPresident of India on the advice of Union Council of Ministers
Term lengthFive Years
Constituting instrumentArticle 239 of the Constitution
Inaugural holderBhairab Dutt Pandey
Formation1 June 1984; 42 years ago (1984-06-01)
Websitehttp://chandigarh.gov.in/

Since 1984 the governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. His official residence is Raj Bhavan, Punjab in Chandigarh.

List

Chief commissioners

# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 Mohinder Singh Randhawa 1 November 1966 31 October 1968
2 Damodar Das 31 October 1968 8 April 1969
3 B. P. Bagchi 8 April 1969 1 September 1972
4 Mohan Prakash Mathur   1 September 1972 December 1975
5 G. P. Gupta December 1975 15 June 1976
6 T. N. Chaturvedi 15 June 1976 June 1978
7 J. C. Agrawal June 1978 19 July 1980
8 B. S. Sarao 19 July 1980 8 March 1982
9 Krishna Banerjee 8 March 1982 31 May 1984

Administrators of Chandigarh

# Name Portrait Took office Left office Duration
1 Bhairab Dutt Pandey 1 June 1984 2 July 1984 32 days
2 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala 3 July 1984 14 March 1985 245 days
3 Arjun Singh 14 March 1985 14 November 1985 246 days
- Hokishe Sema (addl. charge) 14 November 1985 26 November 1985 13 days
4 Shankar Dayal Sharma 26 November 1985 2 April 1986 128 days
5 Siddharta Shankar Ray 2 April 1986 8 December 1989 3 years, 251 days
6 Nirmal Mukarji 8 December 1989 14 June 1990 189 days
7 Virendra Verma 14 June 1990 18 December 1990
8 Om Prakash Malhotra 18 December 1990 7 August 1991
9 Surendra Nath 7 August 1991 9 July 1994
- Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar 10 July 1994 18 September 1994
10 B. K. N. Chhibber 18 September 1994 27 November 1999
11 J. F. R. Jacob 27 November 1999 8 May 2003
12 Om Prakash Verma 8 May 2003 3 November 2004
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (addl. charge) 3 November 2004 16 November 2004
13 Sunith Francis Rodrigues 16 November 2004 22 January 2010
14 Shivraj Patil 22 January 2010 21 January 2015
- Kaptan Singh Solanki
(addl. charge)		 21 January 2015 22 August 2016
15 V. P. Singh Badnore 22 August 2016 30 August 2021
16 Banwarilal Purohit 31 August 2021 30 July 2024
17 Gulab Chand Kataria 31 July 2024 Incumbent

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