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{{Short description|Both head of state & government}}

{{More citations needed|date=March 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Administrator
| native_name =
| body = Chandigarh
| insignia =
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of Chandigarh]]
| incumbent = [[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
| image =File:Gulab Chand Kataria (cropped).jpg
| incumbentsince = 31 July 2024
| style = [[Excellency|His Excellency]]
| residence = [[Raj Bhavan (Chandigarh)|Lok Bhavan]]; [[Chandigarh]]
| termlength = Five Years
| appointer = [[President of India]] on the advice of [[Union Council of Ministers]]
| formation = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|1984|06|01}}
| inaugural = Bhairab Dutt Pandey
| website = http://chandigarh.gov.in/
| reports_to = [[President of India]]
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of India|Article 239 of the Constitution]]
}}

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

Since 1984, the [[List of governors of Punjab, India|Governor of Punjab]] has acted as the administrator of [[Chandigarh]]. The [[official residence]] is [[Raj Bhavan (Punjab)|Raj Bhavan, Punjab]] in Chandigarh.<ref name="Meaning: Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh">{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |title=Meaning: Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/vp-singh-badnore-punjab-governor-administrator-of-the-union-territory-of-chandigarh-2989424/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |date=22 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116130711/https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/vp-singh-badnore-punjab-governor-administrator-of-the-union-territory-of-chandigarh-2989424/ |archive-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

==List==
===Chief commissioners===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!Name
!Portrait
!Took office
!Left office
!Duration
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 1
|| [[Mohinder Singh Randhawa]]
|[[File:Chandigarh, India rose garden bust of Dr Randhawa 5.jpg|106x106px]]
|| 1 November 1966
|| 31 October 1968
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 2
|| Damodar Das
|[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| 31 October 1968
|| 8 April 1969
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 3
|| B. P. Bagchi
|[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| 8 April 1969
|| 1 September 1972
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 4
|| Mohan Prakash Mathur
| [[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| 1 September 1972
|| December 1975
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 5
|| G. P. Gupta
|[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| December 1975
|| 15 June 1976
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 6
|| [[T. N. Chaturvedi]]
|[[File:T. N. Chaturvedi.jpg|72x72px]]
|| 15 June 1976
|| June 1978
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 7
|| J. C. Agrawal
|[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| June 1978
|| 19 July 1980
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 8
|| B. S. Sarao
|[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| 19 July 1980
|| 8 March 1982
|
|- style="background:#def;"
|| 9
|| Krishna Banerjee
|[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
|| 8 March 1982
|| 31 May 1984
|
|}

=== Administrators of Chandigarh ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! Name
! Portrait
! Took office
! Left office
! Duration
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]]y
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 1 June 1984
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 July 1984
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1984|06|01|1984|07|03}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 2
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3 July 1984
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 March 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1984|07|03|1985|03|05}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Arjun Singh 1998 New Delhi.jpg|60x60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14 March 1985
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|03|14|1985|11|15}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Hokishe Sema]] ''(addl. charge)''
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14 November 1985
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 26 November 1985
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|11|14|1985|11|27}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 4
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg|84x84px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 26 November 1985
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 2 April 1986
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1985|11|26|1986|04|03}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 5
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Siddhartha Shankar Ray|Siddharta Shankar Ray]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png|82x82px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 2 April 1986
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 December 1989
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1986|04|02|1989|12|09}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 6
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Nirmal Mukarji]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8 December 1989
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 14 June 1990
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |{{age in years and days|1989|12|08|1990|06|15}}
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 7
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Virendra Verma]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Virendra Verma Lok Sabha photo.jpg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14 June 1990
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 December 1990
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[Om Prakash Malhotra]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg|74x74px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 18 December 1990
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 7 August 1991
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 9
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Surendra Nath]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 7 August 1991
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 9 July 1994

|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 10 July 1994
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 18 September 1994
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 10
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[B. K. N. Chhibber]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Blank.svg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 18 September 1994
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 27 November 1999
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 11
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[J. F. R. Jacob]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:JFR Jacob.jpg|86x86px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 27 November 1999
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 8 May 2003
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 12
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Om Prakash Verma]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Justice Om Prakash Verma, Governor (cropped).jpg|60px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 8 May 2003
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 3 November 2004
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai]] ''(addl. charge)''
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (cropped).jpg|69x69px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 3 November 2004
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 16 November 2004
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 13
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF |[[Sunith Francis Rodrigues]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg|65x65px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 16 November 2004
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 22 January 2010
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 14
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Shivraj Patil]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File: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|88x88px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 January 2010
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 21 January 2015
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | -
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Kaptan Singh Solanki]] <br>''(addl. charge)''
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Kaptan Singh Solanki.png|81x81px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 21 January 2015
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 22 August 2016
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 15
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[V. P. Singh Badnore]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:V P Singh Badnore.JPG|91x91px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 22 August 2016
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 August 2021
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 16
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Banwarilal Purohit]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" |[[File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg|79x79px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 31 August 2021
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | 30 July 2024
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|-
! bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 17
| bgcolor=#DDEEFF | [[Gulab Chand Kataria]]
|bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | [[File:GC Kataria.jpg|80x80px]]
| align="right" bgcolor="#DDEEFF" | 31 July 2024
| align="right" bgcolor=#DDEEFF | ''Incumbent''
|bgcolor=#DDEEFF |
|}

== Oath ==
“I, A. B., do swear in the name of God/solemly affirm that I will faithfully
execute the office of Administrator (or discharge the functions
of the Administrator) of .............(name of the Union Territory) and will to
the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to
the service and well-being of the people of ..………(name
of the Union Territory).”
==See also==

* [[Governor (India)|Governors in India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

* http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_states.html

==External links==
* {{official website|http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_old_admrs.htm}}

{{Current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators}}

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