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 Lok Bhavan, Punjab in Chandigarh.
Predecessor Chief commissioners
#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeDuration 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 (1984-present)
#Portrait Name Took office Left office Duration 1 Bhairab Dutt Pandey 1 June 1984 2 July 1984 2 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala 3 July 1984 14 March 1985 3 Arjun Singh 14 March 1985 14 November 1985 4 Hokishe Sema (Additional charge) 14 November 1985 26 November 1985 5 Shankar Dayal Sharma 26 November 1985 2 April 1986 6 Siddharta Shankar Ray 2 April 1986 8 December 1989 7 Nirmal Mukarji 8 December 1989 14 June 1990 8 Virendra Verma 14 June 1990 18 December 1990 9Om Prakash Malhotra 18 December 1990 7 August 1991 10 Surendra Nath 7 August 1991 9 July 1994 11 Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar (Additional charge) 10 July 1994 18 September 1994 12B. K. N. Chhibber 18 September 1994 27 November 1999 13J. F. R. Jacob 27 November 1999 8 May 2003 14 Om Prakash Verma 8 May 2003 3 November 2004 15 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (Additional charge) 3 November 2004 16 November 2004 16Sunith Francis Rodrigues 16 November 2004 22 January 2010 17 Shivraj Patil 22 January 2010 21 January 2015 18 Kaptan Singh Solanki (Additional charge) 21 January 2015 22 August 2016 19 V. P. Singh Badnore 22 August 2016 30 August 2021 20 Banwarilal Purohit (Additional charge until 11 September 2021) 31 August 2021 30 July 2024 21 Gulab Chand Kataria 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).”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
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