List of administrators of Chandigarh

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Administrator of Chandigarh
Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg
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 holderBhairab Dutt Pandey
Formation1 June 1984;40 years ago (1984-06-01)
Website http://chandigarh.gov.in/

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

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

Chief commissioners

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDuration
1 Mohinder Singh Randhawa Chandigarh, India rose garden bust of Dr Randhawa 5.jpg 1 November 196631 October 1968
2Damodar Das No image available.svg 31 October 19688 April 1969
3B. P. Bagchi No image available.svg 8 April 19691 September 1972
4Mohan Prakash Mathur  No image available.svg 1 September 1972December 1975
5G. P. Gupta No image available.svg December 197515 June 1976
6 T. N. Chaturvedi T. N. Chaturvedi.jpg 15 June 1976June 1978
7J. C. Agrawal No image available.svg June 197819 July 1980
8B. S. Sarao No image available.svg 19 July 19808 March 1982
9Krishna Banerjee No image available.svg 8 March 198231 May 1984

Administrators of Chandigarh

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDuration
1 Bhairab Dutt Pandey No image available.svg 1 June 19842 July 198432 days
2 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala No image available.svg 3 July 198414 March 1985245 days
3 Arjun Singh Arjun Singh 1998 New Delhi.jpg 14 March 198514 November 1985246 days
- Hokishe Sema (addl. charge) No image available.svg 14 November 198526 November 198513 days
4 Shankar Dayal Sharma Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg 26 November 19852 April 1986128 days
5 Siddharta Shankar Ray SiddharthaShankarRay.png 2 April 19868 December 19893 years, 251 days
6 Nirmal Mukarji No image available.svg 8 December 198914 June 1990189 days
7 Virendra Verma No image available.svg 14 June 199018 December 1990
8 Om Prakash Malhotra Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg 18 December 19907 August 1991
9 Surendra Nath No image available.svg 7 August 19919 July 1994
- Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar No image available.svg 10 July 199418 September 1994
10 B. K. N. Chhibber No image available.svg 18 September 199427 November 1999
11 J. F. R. Jacob JFR Jacob.jpg 27 November 19998 May 2003
12 Om Prakash Verma No image available.svg 8 May 20033 November 2004
- Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (addl. charge) Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (cropped).jpg 3 November 200416 November 2004
13 Sunith Francis Rodrigues General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg 16 November 200422 January 2010
14 Shivraj Patil Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on "The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People".jpg 22 January 201021 January 2015
- Kaptan Singh Solanki
(addl. charge)
Kaptan Singh Solanki.png 21 January 201522 August 2016
15 V. P. Singh Badnore V P Singh Badnore.JPG 22 August 201630 August 2021
16 Banwarilal Purohit Banwarilal Purohit.jpg 31 August 202130 July 2024
17 Gulab Chand Kataria 31 July 2024Incumbent

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References

  1. The Indian Express (22 August 2016). "Meaning: Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh". Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.