List of administrators of Chandigarh

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

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
1	Mohinder Singh Randhawa	File:Chandigarh, India rose garden bust of Dr Randhawa 5.jpg	1 November 1966	31 October 1968
2	Damodar Das	File:Blank.svg	31 October 1968	8 April 1969
3	B. P. Bagchi	File:Blank.svg	8 April 1969	1 September 1972
4	Mohan Prakash Mathur	File:Blank.svg	1 September 1972	December 1975
5	G. P. Gupta	File:Blank.svg	December 1975	15 June 1976
6	T. N. Chaturvedi	File:T. N. Chaturvedi.jpg	15 June 1976	June 1978
7	J. C. Agrawal	File:Blank.svg	June 1978	19 July 1980
8	B. S. Sarao	File:Blank.svg	19 July 1980	8 March 1982
9	Krishna Banerjee	File:Blank.svg	8 March 1982	31 May 1984

Administrators of Chandigarh

#	Name	Portrait	Took office	Left office	Duration
1	Bhairab Dutt Pandey	File:Blank.svg	1 June 1984	2 July 1984	Template:Age in years and days
2	Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala	File:Blank.svg	3 July 1984	14 March 1985	Template:Age in years and days
3	Arjun Singh	File:Arjun Singh 1998 New Delhi.jpg	14 March 1985	14 November 1985	Template:Age in years and days
-	Hokishe Sema (addl. charge)	File:Blank.svg	14 November 1985	26 November 1985	Template:Age in years and days
4	Shankar Dayal Sharma	File:Shri Shankar Dayal Sharma.jpg	26 November 1985	2 April 1986	Template:Age in years and days
5	Siddharta Shankar Ray	File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png	2 April 1986	8 December 1989	Template:Age in years and days
6	Nirmal Mukarji	File:Blank.svg	8 December 1989	14 June 1990	Template:Age in years and days
7	Virendra Verma	File:Virendra Verma Lok Sabha photo.jpg	14 June 1990	18 December 1990
8	Om Prakash Malhotra	File:Om-prakash-Mhalotra.jpg	18 December 1990	7 August 1991
9	Surendra Nath	File:Blank.svg	7 August 1991	9 July 1994
-	Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar	File:Blank.svg	10 July 1994	18 September 1994
10	B. K. N. Chhibber	File:Blank.svg	18 September 1994	27 November 1999
11	J. F. R. Jacob	Error creating thumbnail:	27 November 1999	8 May 2003
12	Om Prakash Verma	File:Justice Om Prakash Verma, Governor (cropped).jpg	8 May 2003	3 November 2004
-	Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (addl. charge)	File:Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (cropped).jpg	3 November 2004	16 November 2004
13	Sunith Francis Rodrigues	File:General Sunith Francis Rodrigues.jpg	16 November 2004	22 January 2010
14	Shivraj Patil	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	22 January 2010	21 January 2015
-	Kaptan Singh Solanki (addl. charge)	File:Kaptan Singh Solanki.png	21 January 2015	22 August 2016
15	V. P. Singh Badnore	File:V P Singh Badnore.JPG	22 August 2016	30 August 2021
16	Banwarilal Purohit	File:Banwarilal Purohit.jpg	31 August 2021	30 July 2024
17	Gulab Chand Kataria	File:GC Kataria.jpg	31 July 2024	Incumbent

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).”