| # | Name | Took Office | Left Office |
| 1 | Sir John Austen Hubback | 1 April 1936 | 11 August 1938 |
| 2 | George Townsend Boag (Acting) | 11 August 1938 | 7 December 1938 |
| 3 | Sir John Austen Hubback | 8 December 1938 | 31 March 1941 |
| 4 | Sir Howthorne Lewis | 1 April 1941 | 31 March 1946 |
| 5 | Sir Chandulal Trivedi | 1 April 1946 | 14 August 1947 |
| 6 | Dr. Kailash Nath Katju | 15 August 1947 | 20 June 1948 |
| 7 | M.Asaf Ali | 21 June 1948 | 5 May 1951 |
| 8 | V.P. Menon(Acting) | 6 May 1951 | 17 July 1951 |
| 9 | M.Asaf Ali | 18 July 1951 | 6 June 1952 |
| 10 | Saiyid Fazl Ali | 7 June 1952 | 9 February 1954 |
| 11 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja | 10 February 1954 | 11 September 1956 |
| 12 | Bhim Sen Sachar | 12 September 1956 | 31 July 1957 |
| 13 | Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar | 31 July 1957 | 15 September 1962 |
| 14 | Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 16 September 1962 | 5 August 1966 |
| 15 | Khaleell Ahommed (Acting) | 5 August 1966 | 11 September 1966 |
| 16 | Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla | 12 September 1966 | 30 January 1968 |
| 17 | Dr. Shaukatullah Shah Ansari | 31 January 1968 | 20 September 1971 |
| 18 | Sardar Jojendra Singh(Acting) | 20 September 1971 | 30 June 1972 |
| 19 | Justice Gatikrishna Mishra | 1 July 1972 | 8 November 1972 |
| 20 | Basappa Danappa Jatti | 8 November 1972 | 20 August 1974 |
| 21 | Justice Gatikrishna Mishra | 21 August 1974 | 25 October 1974 |
| 22 | A A Khan | 25 October 1974 | 17 April 1976 |
| 23 | Justice Shiva Narayin Sankar (Acting) | 17 April 1976 | 7 February 1977 |
| 24 | Harcharan Singh Brar | 7 February 1977 | 22 September 1977 |
| 25 | Bhagwat Dayal Sharma | 23 September 1977 | 30 April 1980 |
| 26 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 30 April 1980 | 30 September 1980 |
| 27 | Justice S.K. Ray (Acting) | 1 October 1980 | 3 November 1980 |
| 28 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 4 November 1980 | 24 June 1982 |
| 29 | Justice R.N. Mishra (Acting) | 25 June 1982 | 31 August 1982 |
| 30 | Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha | 1 September 1982 | 17 August 1983 |
| 31 | Bishambhar Nath Pande | 17 August 1983 | 20 November 1988 |
| 32 | Prof.SaiyidNurul Hasan | 20 November 1988 | 6 February 1990 |
| 33 | Yagya Datt Sharma | 7 February 1990 | 1 February 1993 |
| 34 | Prof. Saiyid Nurul Hasan | 1 February 1993 | 31 May 1993 |
| 35 | B. Satyanarayan Reddy | 1 June 1993 | 17 June 1995 |
| 36 | Gopala Ramanujam | 18 June 1995 | 30 January 1997 |
| 37 | K.V. Raghunatha Reddy | 31 January 1997 | 12 February 1997 |
| 38 | Gopala Ramanujam | 13 February 1997 | 13 December 1997 |
| 39 | K.V. Raghunatha Reddy | 13 December 1997 | 27 April 1998 |
| 40 | Dr. C. Rangarajan | 27 April 1998 | 14 November 1999 |
| 41 | M.M.Rajendran | 15 November 1999 | 17 November 2004 |
| 42 | Rameshwar Thakur | 18 November 2004 | 21 August 2007 |
| 43 | Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare | 21 August 2007 | incumbent |
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