| # | Name | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari |
15 August 1947 – 28 December 1948 |
|
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Sir Ronald Francis Lodge (acting) |
30 December 1948 – 16 February 1949 |
| 2 | Sri Prakasa |
16 February 1949 – 27 May 1950 |
| 3 | Jairamdas Daulatram |
27 May 1950 – 15 May 1956 |
| 4 | Saiyid Fazal Ali |
15 May 1956 – 22 August 1959 |
| 5 | Chandreswar Prasad Sinha |
23 August 1959 – 14 October 1959 |
| 6 | General (Retired) Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh |
14 October 1959 – 12 November 1960 |
| 7 | Vishnu Sahay |
12 November 1960 – 13 January 1961 |
| 8 | General (Retired) Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh |
13 January 1961 – 7 September 1962 |
| 9 | Vishnu Sahay |
7 September 1962 – 17 April 1968 |
| 10 | Braj Kumar Nehru |
17 April 1968 – 19 September 1973 |
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Justice P. K. Goswami |
8 December 1970 – 4 January 1971 |
| 11 | Lallan Prasad Singh |
19 September 1973 – 10 August 1981 |
| 12 | Prakash Mehrotra |
10 August 1981 – 28 March 1984 |
| 13 | Tribeni Sahai Misra |
28 March 1984 – 15 April 1984 |
| 14 | Bhishma Narain Singh |
15 April 1984 – 10 May 1989 |
| 15 | Harideo Joshi |
10 May 1989 – 21 July 1989 |
| 16 | Justice Anisetti Raghuvir |
21 July 1989 – 2 May 1990 |
| 17 | Justice Devi Das Thakur |
2 May 1990 – 17 March 1991 |
| 18 | Loknath Mishra |
17 March 1991 – 1 September 1997 |
| 19 | Lt. General (Retired) Srinivas Kumar Sinha |
1 September 1997 – 21 April 2003 |
| 20 | Arvind Dave |
21 April 2003 – 5 June 2003 |
| 21 | Lt. General (Retired) Ajai Singh |
5 June 2003 – 4 July 2008 |
| 22 | Shiv Charan Mathur |
4 July 2008 – 25 June 2009 |
| 23 | K Sankaranarayanan |
26 June 2009 – 27 July 2009 |
| 24 | Syed Sibtey Razi |
27 July 2009 – 10 November 2009 |
| 25 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |
11 November 2009 – 11 December 2014 |
| 26 | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya | December 2014 – 17 August 2016 |
| 27 | Banwarilal Purohit | 22 August 2016 – 10 October 2017 |
| 28 | Prof. Jagdish Mukhi | 10 October 2017 – 20 February 2023 |
| 29 | Gulab Chand Kataria | 22 February 2023 – Incumbent |