| Sl.No. | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Vishnu Sahay, ICS (Retd.) | 12/1/1963 | 4/16/1968 |
| 2 | B.K. Nehru, ICS (Retd.) | 4/17/1968 | 9/18/1973 |
| 3 | L.P. Singh, ICS (Retd.) | 9/19/1973 | 8/9/1981 |
| 4 | S.M.H. Burney, IAS (Retd.) | 8/10/1981 | 6/12/1984 |
| 5 | Gen.(Retd.) K. V. Krishna Rao, PVSM. | 6/13/1984 | 7/19/1989 |
| 6 | Dr. Gopal Singh | 7/20/1989 | 5/3/1990 |
| 7 | Dr. M.M. Thomas | 5/9/1990 | 4/12/1992 |
| 8 | Lok Nath Mishra | 4/13/1992 | 10/1/1993 |
| 9 | Lt. Gen.(Retd.)V.K. Nayyar PVSM, SM | 10/2/1993 | 8/4/1994 |
| 10 | O.N. Shrivastava, IPS (Retd) | 8/5/1994 | 11/11/1996 |
| 11 | Om Prakash Sharma, IPS (Retd.) | 11/12/1996 | 1/27/2002 |
| 12 | Shyamal Datta, IPS (Retd.) | 1/28/2002 | 2/2/2007 |
| 13 | K. Wilson | 2/3/2007 | 2/4/2007 |
| 14 | K. Sankaranarayanan | 2/4/2007 | 7/28/2009 |
| 15 | Gurbachan Jagat, IPS (Retd.) | 7/28/2009 | 10/14/2009 |
| 16 | Nikhil Kumar, IPS (Retd.) | 10/15/2009 | Incumbent |