List of administrators of Chandigarh

The Administrator of Chandigarh is appointed by the President of India under article 239 of the Constitution of India.

Administrator of Chandigarh
Incumbent Gulab Chand Kataria since 31 July 2024
Style	His Excellency
Reports to	President of India
Residence	Raj Bhavan; Chandigarh
Appointer	President of India on the advice of Union Council of Ministers
Term length	Five Years
Constituting instrument	Article 239 of the Constitution
Inaugural holder	Bhairab Dutt Pandey
Formation	1 June 1984; 41 years ago (1984-06-01)
Website	http://chandigarh.gov.in/

Since 1984, the Governor of Punjab has acted as the administrator of Chandigarh. The official residence is Raj Bhavan, Punjab in Chandigarh.^[1]

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

See also

• Governors in India