Deputy Commissioners served in the district in chronological order:-
| # | Name | Designation | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gh. Qadr Ganderbali | Ch. Adm. Officer | 1948 | 1949 |
| 2. | Sh. Chandhary Bharat B | Special Rev. Officer | 1949 | 1951 |
| 3. | Sh. T. Dechen | Dy. Commissioner | 1952 | 1954 |
| 4. | Sh. Kashi Nath Koul | -do- | 1955 | 1956 |
| 5. | Sh. Dev. Raj. Dogra | -do- | 1956 | 1957 |
| 6. | Sh. Dewan Iqbal Nath | -do- | 1957 | 1958 |
| 7. | Sh. Om Prakash | -do- | 1958 | 1959 |
| 8. | Sh. Pushkar Nath Koul | -do- | 1959 | 1959 |
| 9. | Col. K. A. Raja, IFAS | -do- | 1959 | 1960 |
| 10. | Col. H. S. Butalia, IAS | -do- | 1961 | 1963 |
| 11. | Sh. TS Murthy, IAS | -do- | 1963 | 1964 |
| 12. | Sh. D.C. Mooker Jee, IAS | -do- | 1964 | 1966 |
| 13. | Sh. M. R. Bhagat, IAS | -do- | 1966 | 1969 |
| 14. | Sh. S. Narboo | -do- | 1965 | 1967 |
| 15. | Sh. A. J. Kundan, IFAS | -do- | 1967 | 30-09-1969 |
| 16. | Sh. R. K. Takkar, IAS | DDC/DC | 01-10-1969 | 11-09-1971 |
| 17. | Sh. Ashok Jaitly, IAS | -do- | 12-09-1971 | 06-05-1972 |
| 18. | Sh. Syed Altaf Aga, IAS | -do- | 07-05-1972 | 02-07-1973 |
| 19. | Sh. M. Rahman, IAS | -do- | 03-07-1973 | 15-09-1976 |
| 20. | Sh. S. S. Rizvi, IAS | -do- | 16-09-1976 | 13-10-1978 |
| 21. | Sh. S. S. Blowria, IAS | -do- | 14-10-1978 | 16-02-1981 |
| 22. | Sh. C. Phunsog, IAS | -do- | 17-02-1981 | 16-08-1983 |
| 23. | Sh. S. B. Mathur, IAS | -do- | 18-08-1983 | 22-08-1984 |
| 24. | Sh. S. S. Kapoor, IAS | -do- | 23-08-1983 | 25-11-1986 |
| 25. | Sh. Arun Kumar, IAS | -do- | 26-11-1986 | 12-10-1987 |
| 26. | Sh. R. K. Jerath, IAS | -do- | 13-10-1987 | 21-10-1988 |
| 27. | Sh. K. S. Salathia, IAS | -do- | 29-11-1988 | 18-07-1989 |
| 28. | Sh. Verghese Samuel, IAS | -do- | 18-07-1988 | 24-09-1991 |
| 29. | Sh. A. K. Angurana, IAS | -do- | 24-09-1991 | 21-12-1993 |
| 30. | Sh. P.K. Tripathi, IAS | DC/CEO, LAHDC | 24-01-1994 | 10-07-1996 |
| 31. | Sh. R. K. Goyal, IAS | -do- | 03-08-1996 | 27-06-1998 |
| 32. | Sh. Basharat Ahmad Dar, IAS | -do- | 09-07-1998 | 27-01-1999 |
| 33. | Sh. Navin Kumar Choudhary, IAS | -do- | 01-02-1991 | 25-08-2000 |
| 34. | Sh. Dheraj Gupta, IAS | -do- | 01-09-2000 | 02-05-2002 |
| 35. | Sh. Tashi Dorje, KAS | -do- | 03-05-2002 | 01-03-2004 |
| 36. | Sh. Satesh Nehru, KAS | -do- | 02-03-2004 | 25-05-2004 |
| 37. | Sh. Tashi Dorje, KAS | -do- | 25-05-2004 | 02-09-2004 |
| 38. | Sh. Satesh Nehru, KAS | -do- | 04-09-2004 | 22-02-2006 |
| 39. | Sk. M. K. Dwivedi, IAS | -do- | 02-03-2006 | 21-06-2007 |
| 40. | Dr. M. K. Bhandari, IAS | -do- | 21-06-2007 | 17-07-2008 |
| 41. | Sh. Ajeet Kumar Sahu, IAS | -do- | 17-07-2008 | 07-06-2010 |
| 42. | Sh. Tsering Angchok, KAS | -do- | 07-06-2010 | 07-10-2010 |
| 43. | Sh. Sanjeev Verma, IAS | -do- | 08-10-2010 | 01-11-2010 |
| 44. | Sh. Tsering Angchok, KAS | -do- | 08-11-2010 | 29-04-2013 |
| 45. | Sh. Simrandeep Singh, IAS | -do- | 29-04-2013 | 01-02-2015 |
| 46. | Sh. Saugat Biswas, IAS | -do- | 02-02-2015 | 31-08-2015 |
| 47. | Sh. Prasanna Ramaswamy G, IAS | -do- | 01-09-2015 | 13-09-2017 |
| 48. | Ms. Avny Lavasa, IAS | -do- | 14-09-2017 | 02-08-2019 |
| 49. | Sh. Sachin Kumar Vaishya, IAS | -do- | 02-08-2019 | 16-02-2021 |
| 50. | Sh. Shrikant Balasaheb Suse, IAS | -do- | 16-02-2021 | 14-07-2023 |
| 51. | Sh. Santosh Sukhadeve, IAS | -do- | 14-07-2023 | 21-06-2025 |
| 52. | Sh. Romil Singh Donk, IAS | -do- | 21-06-2025 |