The Table of Precedence

1 « No.12/4/2010—Public Government of India/Bharat Sarkar Ministry of Home Affairs/Grih Mantralaya ***** North Block, New Delhi-110001. dated the 9341033010 To Shri B. Basfore, Deputy Secretary, Govt. of Tripura, General Administration (Political) Deptt., AGARTALA. Sub.:- Table of Precedence — Supply of the copy thereof regarding. Sir, I am directed to refer to your letter No.F.18 (39)—GA(P)/85—Vol.l dated May 25, 2010 on the subject mentioned above and to fonNard an updated copy ofthe Table of Precedence for your record and guidance. Yours faithfully, 3 (fl lo I‘" (Pandey Pradeep Kumar) Under Secretary (Public & RTI) Tele: 2309 2421 it i . i; .. ,_._._.__.h..‘tqt- .V /‘ @ This is an updated copy oftheTable ofPrecedence and contains all amendments made therein so far. PRESIDENT’S SECRETARIAT New‘Delhi, the26"xJuly, 1979 No.33-Pres/79 -ln supersession ofall previous notifications issued on the subject, 'the following Table. with respect to the rank and precedence of the persons named therein which has been approved by the President, is published forgeneral information: — l. President 2 Vice-President 3 PrimeMinister 4. GovernorsofStates within their-respectiveStates 5 FormerPresidents ' 5A. DeputyPrime Minister I ‘ 6. ChiefJustice ofIndia S akerofLok Sabha fiinetMinisters ofthe Union. fluefMinistersofStateswithintheirrespectiveitatjf W‘Phfihinfiafimfiofi" FormerPrime Ministers LeadersofOpposition inRajyaSabhaandLokSabha 7A. HoldersofBharat Ratnadecoration Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiaryand High CommissionersofCommonwealth countriesaccredited to India ' V'ChiefMinisters ofStatesoutsidetheirrespectiveStates GovernorsofStates outside theirreSpective States) Judges ofSupremeCourt 9A Chairperson, Union Public Service Commission ChiefElectionCommissioner Comptroller& AuditorGeneral ofIndia 10. Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha Deputy.ChiefMinisrers ofStates Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha MembersofthePlanningCommission Ministers of State ofthe Union {and any other Minister in the Ministry ofDefence for defence matters} ’ ll. AttorneyGeneral ofIndia CabinetSecretary. LieutenantGovernorswithin theirrespectiveUnionTerritories 12. ‘ Chiefs ofStaffholdingthe rankoffull General orequivalentrank. 13. EnvoysExtraordinaryand MinistersPlenipotentiary accreditedto India Chairmenand SpeakersofStateLegislatureswithintheirrespectiveStates. ChiefJusticesofHigh Courtswithintheirrespectivejurisdictions Page2 of5 fc C a h b ie in f e M t i M ni i s n t i e s r t s er o s f in Un S i t o a n tes Te w r i r t i h to in rie t s he a i n r d re C sp h e ie ct f iv E e xe S c ta u t t e iv s e Counci.llor, Delhin W.ithiIn theoirrespective7 6{its ;'7 ‘ UnionTerritories Deputy Ministersofthe Union 16. OfficiatingChiefsofStaffholdingtherankofLieutenantGeneral orequivalentrank. i7. Chairman,Central AdministrativeTribunal. Chairman, MinoritiesCommission Chairperson,NationalCommission forScheduledCastes Chairperson,NationalCommission forScheduledTribes ChiefJusticesofHighCourts outsidetheirrespectivejurisdictions isneJudgesofHigh Courtswithintheirrespectivejurisdictions CahbgtmmjgteminStatesoutsidetheirrespectiveStates 7 .. Chairmenand‘S'pe'ak—ers ofStateLegislaturesoutsidetheir respectiveStates1 C D h e a p i u rm ty a C n h , a M ir o m n e o n po a l n ie d s D a e n p d u R ty e S st p r e ic a t k iv e e rs T o ra f d S e ta P te ra L c e ti g c i e s s la C tu o r m es m w is i s th io in n theirrespective States MinistersofState in StateswithintheirrespectiveStates ' Ministers ofUnionTerritoriesand ExecutiveCouncilors,Delhi,withintheirrespectiveUnion T S e pe rr a it k o e r r i s es o . f LegislativeAssembliesin UnionTerritoriesandChairmanofDelhiMetropolitan Councilwithintheirrespective UnionTerritories. 19. Chief Commissioners ofUnionTerritoriesnothaving CouncilsofMinisters,withintheir respectiveUnionTerritories. D D e e p p u u t t y y M Sp in e i a s k t e e r r s s i o n f S L ta e t g es is w la i t t i h ve in A th s e s i e r m re b s l p ie e s cti i v n e U St n a i t o e n s. Territoriesand DeputyChairmanof metropolitanCouncil Delhi= withintheirrespectiveUnionTerritories. 20. DeputyChairmenandDeputySpeakersofState Legislatures,outside theirrespectivestates. MinistersofState in StatesoutsidetheirrespectiveStates isneJudges ofHighCourtsoutsidetheirrespectivejurisdictions. DeputyMinisters in StateoutsidetheirrespectiveStates ArmyCommandersiVice-Chiefofthe Army Stafforequivalentin otherservices ChiefSecretariesto StateGovernmentswithintheirrespective States CommissionerforLinguisticMinorities ' CommissionerforScheduled Castesand ScheduledTribes Members, MinoritiesCommission ‘ Members,National CommissionforScheduled Castes Members,National CommissionforScheduledTribes OfficersoftherankoffullGeneralorequivalentrank “SecretariestotheGovernmentofindie(includingofficersholdingthisofficeex-officio). Secretary,MinoritiesCommission. Secretary, Scheduled Castes and ScheduledTribesCommission. SecretarytothePresident. Secretary tothePrimeMinister. Secretary,RajyaSabha/LokSabha SolicitorGeneral Vice~Chainnan,CentralAdministrativeTribunal Page 3 of5. 24. Officersoftherank ofLieutenantGeneral orequivalentrank. {25;5 Additional Secretariestothe GovernmentofIndia. > Additional Solicitor General AdvocateGeneralsofStates. Chairman, TariffCommission ‘ Charge (1’ Affairs and Acting High Commissionersapied andad interim ChiefMinisters ofUnion Territories and ChiefExecutiveCouncillor,Delhi outsidetheir respectiveUnionTerritories ClgigigegetariesofStateGovernments outsidetheirrespectiveStates. Deputy Comptrollerand AuditorGeneral Deputy Speakers of Legislative Assemblies in Union Territories and Deputy Chairman, Delhi MetropolitanCouncil, outsidetheirrespective UnionTerritories. H‘Director, Central Bureau ofInvestigation ' LA'DirectorGeneral, BorderSecurityForce. \» DirectorGeneral, Central Reserve Police. -, Director, lnteliigenceBureau ’ LieutenantGovernors outsidetheirrespective UnionTerritories. " Members,Central AdministrativeTribunal Members, Monopoliesand RestrictiveTradePractices Commission Members, UnionPublicServiceCommission MinistersofUnionTerritoriesand ExecutiveCouncillors, Delhi,outsidetheirrespectiveUnion Territories. Principal StaffOfficersoftheArmedForcesoftherankofmajorGeneral orequivalentrank !14K SpeakersofLegislativeAssemblies in UnionTerritoriesandChairman ofDelhi, Metropolitan -nim Council,outsidetheirrespectiveUnionTerritories “nac 26. JointSecretariestotheGovernmentofIndiaand officersofequivalentrank. rrx t'm Officersoftherank ofMajor-Generalorequivalentrank ra LTES ..1.‘E' ‘ylflgv{ m17¥-'Jl'" 13912.1 T ha h s e n o o rd a e p r p i l n ic t a h t i i s on Ta in bl t e he o d f a P y re -t c o e - d d e a n y ce bu i s s in m e e s a s n o t f fo G r o S v t e a r t n e m a e n n d t. Ceremonialoccasions ‘ and w-e<:‘-‘1; Em; Persons in the Table ofPrecedence will take rank in order ofthe number ofthe articles. .. The entries in the same article are arranged alphabetically. Those included in the same i? article will take precedence inter se according to date ofentry into that article. However, where the dignitaries ofdifferent States and Union Territories included inthe same article arepresent at a function outside their States or Union Territories and there is difficulty in ascertaining their dates of entry, they may be assigned precedence inter se in the \ alphabetical orderofthe nameofStatesandUnion Territoriesconcerned afterthosewhose m precedenceisdeterminedaccordingtodateofentry intothatarticle. fl ‘ InArticle7, former Prime Ministerswill take precedenceovertheCabinetMinistersofthe W Union and the Leaders ofOpposition in the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. The Chief + Ministers of States within their respective States will take precedence over the Cabinet Ministers oftheUnion in official functionsheld inthe respectiveStates. n4 mg; In Article8:— (a) Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High CommissiOners of Commonwealth countries accredited to Indiawill en bloc rank above Governors ofStates outsidetheirrespectiveStates; " , . -. :x-mlimllmmi'L) 3 Page4of5 q—L (b) Governors ofStates outsr . dethe . ir respecti . ve States wr . ll en bloc rankaboveCh . iefMln . lSLel'S a ‘ ofStates outsidetheirrespectiveStates. The Ministry ofExtemal-Affairs may assign appropriate ranks to foreign dignitaries and Indian Ambassadors, High Commissioners and Ministers Plenipotentiary duringtheir visit to India. Notwithstandingtheprocedure laid down in Note2,therank interseand precedenceofthe persons inArticle 10shallbe assigned inlitefollowingorder. - (l) DeputyChairman,RajyaSabha. ( ( 2 3 ) ) D M e in p i u s t t y er S s p o ea f k S e t r a . t L e o o k f S t a h b e ha U . nion and any other Minister in the Ministry ofDefence for defence.matters. ' (4) DeputyChiefMinistersofStates. . (5) MembersofPlanningCommission. However, the Deputy ChiefMinisters ofStates outside their respective States will always rankbelowallotherdignitariesfiguringinthisarticle. The Chairmen ofState Legislative Councils will rank above the Speakers ofLegislative Assemblies incaseswheretheywereelectedonthesamedate. r W es h e e r n ve M d em fo b r e t r h s e o m fP s a h r o li u a l m d en be t ar n e ex in t v t i o ted th e e n C bl h o i c ef to J m us a ti j c o e r , S S ta p te ea f k u e n r ct o io f ns th , e the Lo e k ncl S os a u b r h e a s , . r .m m -inu Ambassadorsetc. M Sp e e t a ro k p er o s lita o n f L C eg o i u s n la c t i i l v , e D A e s l s h e i, mb w lie il s l t in ake Un p io re n ce T d e e r n r c it e orie o s ve a r nd Mi C ni h s a te ir r m s an an o d f t E h x e ec D u e tiv lh e i -. wow Councillors,included inthesamearticle. inArticle23: - (a) t S h e e c m re s t e a l r v ie e s s, in w t i h ll e ta M ke ini p s r t e r c y ed o e f n E ce xte in rna th l e A o ff r a d i e rs r o ot f h t e h r e t i h r a s n en th io e ri F ty or i e n ig G n ra S d e e c - r I et o a f ry t , he be I t n w d e ia e n n Foreign Serviceandboth ofthemwilltakeprecedenCeaftertheForeign Secretary. (is) Members of the Minorities Commission and the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes Commission willalwaystake precedenceovertheSecretariesoftheseCommissions; (Q S in ta o ff ffi o c r ia eq l u fu iv n a c l t e io n n t s in he o l t d he a r t S D e e r l v h ic i/ e N s e w w i D ll e a l l h W i, a A ys rm ra y nk Co a m fte m r a S n e d c e re rs ta /V ri i e c s e t C o h th ie e f G of o t v h e e rn A m rm en y t ofIndia In Article25: - (a) Additional Secretaries in the Ministry ofExternal Affairs, among themselves, will take precedenceintheorderoftheirseniorityinGrade- II ofthelndianForeignService; (b) Additional SolicitorGeneralwill takeprecedenceabovetheAdvocateGeneralofStates; (C) L C i o eu u t n e c n il a lo n r t , G D ov e e lh rn i, or a s nd wil t l he tak l e att p e r r ec w ed i e ll nc ta e k o e ve p r re th c e ed C en h c ie e fM ov in er ist S er p s ea a k n e d rs C o hi f ef L E eg xe is c la u t t i i v ve e Assemblies and Chairman,MetropolitanCouncil,Delhi;