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President
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Vice-President
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Prime Minister
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Governors of States (within their respective States)
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Former Presidents
5a. Deputy Prime Minister
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Chief Justice of India; Speaker of Lok Sabha
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Cabinet Ministers of the Union; Chief Ministers of States (within their respective States); Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission; Former Prime Ministers; Leaders of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
7a. Holders of Bharat Ratna decoration
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Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and High Commissioners of Commonwealth countries accredited to India. Chief Ministers of States (outside their respective States); Governors of States (outside their respective States)
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Judges of Supreme Court
9a. Chief Election Commissioner; Comptroller & Auditor General of India
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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.
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Attorney General of India; Cabinet Secretary; Lieutenant Governors (within their respective Union Territories.
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Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of full General or equivalent rank.
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Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to India.
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Chairmen and Speakers of State Legislatures within their respective States; Chief Justices of High Courts within their respective jurisdictions.
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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.
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Officiating Chiefs of Staff holding the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Members of Parliament.
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Deputy Ministers in State outside their respective States
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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.
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Officers of the rank of Lieutenant General or equivalent rank.
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Additional Secretaries to the Government of India; Additional Solicitor General; Advocate Generals of States; Chairman, Tariff Commission; Charged’ 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 Councillors, 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.
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Joint Secretaries to the Government of India and officers of equivalent rank; Officers of the rank of Major-General or equivalent rank.