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	Lok 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 (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 Lok 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

#	Portrait	Name	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
4		Hokishe Sema (Additional charge)	14 November 1985	26 November 1985	13 days
5		Shankar Dayal Sharma	26 November 1985	2 April 1986	128 days
6		Siddharta Shankar Ray	2 April 1986	8 December 1989	3 years, 251 days
7		Nirmal Mukarji	8 December 1989	14 June 1990	189 days
8		Virendra Verma	14 June 1990	18 December 1990	187 days
9		Om Prakash Malhotra	18 December 1990	7 August 1991	232 days
10		Surendra Nath	7 August 1991	9 July 1994	2 years, 336 days
11		Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar (Additional charge)	10 July 1994	18 September 1994	70 days
12		B. K. N. Chhibber	18 September 1994	27 November 1999	5 years, 70 days
13		J. F. R. Jacob	27 November 1999	8 May 2003	3 years, 162 days
14		Om Prakash Verma	8 May 2003	3 November 2004	1 year, 179 days
15		Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (Additional charge)	3 November 2004	16 November 2004	13 days
16		Sunith Francis Rodrigues	16 November 2004	22 January 2010	5 years, 67 days
17		Shivraj Patil	22 January 2010	21 January 2015	5 years, 0 days
18		Kaptan Singh Solanki (Additional charge)	21 January 2015	22 August 2016	1 year, 214 days
19		V. P. Singh Badnore	22 August 2016	30 August 2021	5 years, 9 days
20		Banwarilal Purohit (Additional charge until 11 September 2021)	31 August 2021	30 July 2024	2 years, 334 days
21		Gulab Chand Kataria	31 July 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 315 days

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).”Main, [Name], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon (ya nishtha se pratigya karta hoon) ki main sachhe mann se Governor (Rajyapal) ke roop mein [State Name] ke pad ka karyabhar sambhalunga (ya zimmedari uthaunga). Main apni poori kabiliyat se Samvidhan (Constitution) aur kanoon (Law) ki raksha, suraksha aur bachaav karunga, aur main apne aap ko [State Name] ki janta ki seva aur kalyan (well-being) mein samarpit karunga."

See also

• Governors in India

References

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

External links

• Official website