Hierarchy of the Constitutional Posts
(1)
President
(2)
Vice President
(3)
Prime Minister
(4)
Governors of the State
(In Respective State)
(5)
Former Presidents
(6)
- Chief Justice of India
- Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(7)
- Central Cabinet Ministers
- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha
- Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog
- Former Prime Ministers
- Chief Ministers of the States
(8)
- Chief of Defence Staff
- Ambassadors of Foreign Countries
- High Commissioners of Commonwealth Nations in India
- Chief Ministers of States (Outside their State)
(9)
- Judges of the Supreme Court
(9A)
- Chairman of UPSC
- Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG)
- Chief Election Commissioner
(10)
- Vice Chairman of Rajya Sabha
- Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
- Members of NITI Aayog
- Deputy Chief Ministers of States
- Central State Ministers
(11)
- Attorney General of India
- Cabinet Secretary
- Lieutenant Governor (In Respective State)
(12)