Indian order of precedence
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The Indian order of precedence is the protocol list at which Indian government officials are seated according to their rank. This is not the list of succession.
- President
- Vice-President
- Prime Minister
- Governors of States (within their respective States)
- Former Presidents
- Chief Justice of India
- Chief Ministers of States (within their respective States)
- Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
- Former Prime Ministers
- Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
- Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration
- Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth of Nations accredited to India
- Chief Ministers of States (outside their respective States)
- Governors of States (outside their respective States)
- Judges of Supreme Court
- Comptroller and Auditor General of India
- Chief Election Commissioner of India
- Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
- Deputy Chief Ministers of States
- Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha
- Members of the Planning Commission
- Ministers of State of the Union {and any other Minister in the Ministry of Defence for defence matters}.
- Attorney General of India.
- Cabinet Secretary.
- Lieutenant Governors(within their respective Union Territories).
- Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank.
- Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to India.
- Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures within their respective States.
- Chief Justices of High Courts within their respective jurisdictions.
- Cabinet Ministers in States within their respective States.
- Chief Ministers of Union Territories and Chief Executive Councilor, Delhi, within their respective Union Territories.
- Deputy Ministers of the Union.
- Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank.
- Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal.
- Chairman, Minorities Commission.
- Chairman, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission.
- Chairman, Union Public Service Commission.
- Chief Justices of High Courts outside their respective jurisdictions.
- Puisne Judges of High Courts within their respective jurisdictions.
- Cabinet Ministers in States outside their respective States.
- Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures outside their respective States.
- Chairman, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
- Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speakers of State Legislatures within their respective States.
- Legislatures within their respective States.
- Ministers of State in States within their respective States.
- Ministers of Union Territories and Executive Councilors, Delhi, within their respective Union Territories.
- Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Chairman of Delhi Metropolitan Council within their respective Union Territories.
- Chief Commissioners of Union Territories not having Councils of Ministers, within their respective Union Territories.
- Deputy Ministers in States within their respective States.
- Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Deputy Chairman of metropolitan Council Delhi, within their respective Union Territories.
- Deputy Chairmen and Deputy Speakers of State Legislatures, outside their respective states.
- Ministers of State in States outside their respective States.
- Puisne Judges of High Courts outside their respective jurisdictions.
- Members of Parliament.
- Deputy Ministers in State outside their respective States.
- Army Commanders/ Vice-Chief of the Army Staff or equivalent in other services
- Chief Secretaries to State Governments within their respective States.
- Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities.
- Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
- Members, Minorities Commission.
- Members, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission.
- Officers of the rank of full General or equivalent rank.
- Secretaries to the Government of India (including officers holding this office ex-officio).
- Secretary, Minorities Commission.
- Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission.
- Secretary to the President.
- Secretary to the Prime Minister.
- Secretary, Rajya Sabha/Lok Sabha
- Solicitor General.
- Vice-Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal.
- Officers of the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank.
- Additional Secretaries to the Government of India.
- Additional Solicitor General.
- Advocate Generals of States.
- Chairman, Tariff Commission.
- Charge d’ Affairs and Acting High Commissioners a pied and ad interim.
- Chief Ministers of Union Territories and Chief Executive Councillor, Delhi, outside their respective Union Territories.
- Chief Secretaries of State Governments outside their respective States.
- Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General.
- Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Deputy Chairman, Delhi
- Metropolitan Council, outside their respective Union Territories.
- Director, Central Bureau of Investigation.
- Director General, Border Security Force.
- Director General, Central Reserve Police.
- Director, Intelligence Bureau.
- Lieutenant Governor outside their respective Union Territories.
- Members, Central Administrative Tribunal.
- Members, Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission.
- Members, Union Public Service Commission.
- Ministers of Union Territories and Executive Councilors, Delhi , outside their respective Union Territories.
- Principal Staff Officers of the Armed Forces of the rank of major General or equivalent rank.
- Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Chairman of Delhi, Metropolitan Council, outside their respective Union Territories.
- Joint Secretaries to the Government of India and officers of equivalent rank.
- Officers of the rank of Major-General or equivalent rank.
