(b)   Members of the Minorities Commission and the Scheduled Castes and
                           Schedule Tribes Commission will always take precedence over the
                           Secretaries of these Commissions.
                     (c) In official functions held at Delhi/New Delhi, Army Commanders/Vice Chief
                           of the Army Staff or equivalent in other Services will always rank after
                           Secretaries to the Government of India.
      Note 11 In Article 25:
               (a) Additional Secretaries in the Ministry of External Affairs, among themselves, will
                      take precedence in the order of their seniority in Grade-II of the Indian Foreign
                      Service;
               (b) Additional Solicitor General will take precedence above the Advocate General of
                      States.
                                            PRESIDENTS OF INDIA2
       Name                                                        Tenure
       Dr Rajendra Prasad (1884-1963)                              January 26, 1950-May 13, 1962
       Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888-1975)                     May 13, 1962-May 13, 1967
       Dr Zakir Husain (1897-1969)                                 May 13, 1967-May 03, 1969
       Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980)                         May 03, 1969-July 20, 1969 (Acting)
                                                                   July 20, 1969-August 24, 1969
       Justice Muhammad Hidayatullah (1905-1992)
                                                                   (Acting)
       Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1894-1980)                         August 24, 1969-August 24, 1974
       Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905-1977)                        August 24, 1974-February 11, 1977
                                                                   February 11, 1977-July 25, 1977
       B.D. Jatti (1912-2002)
                                                                   (Acting)
       Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913-1996)                            July 25, 1977-July 25, 1982
       Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994)                                July 25, 1982-July 25, 1987
       R. Venkataraman (1910-2009)                                 July 25, 1987-July 25, 1992
       Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918-1999)                         July 25, 1992-July 25, 1997
       K.R. Narayanan (1920-2005)                                  July 25, 1997-July 25, 2002
       Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931-2015)                          July 25, 2002-July 25, 2007
       Pratibha Devisingh Patil (b-1934)                           July 25, 2007-July 25, 2012
       Pranab Mukherjee (b-1935)                                   July 25, 2012-July 25, 2017
       Ram Nath Kovind (b-1945)                                    July 25, 2017-till date