Dasho Sangay Khandu joined National Land Commission Secretariat on 15th August, 2007 as its first secretary. After serving for six and half years he has been transferred as the Chairman of DHI. He joined the new office on 10th February, 2014. Dasho Sangay Khandu is credited for strengthening National Land Commission Secretariat as an institution, carrying out nationwide cadastral resurvey and resolving most of the land issues.