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Order of precedence in Bangladesh

The order of precedence in Bangladesh, officially known as Warrant of Precedence, is a symbolic hierarchy that lays down the relative precedence in terms of ranks of important functionaries belonging to the executive, legislative and judicial organs of the state, including members of the foreign diplomatic corps. When a person holds more than one position, the highest position is considered. The Warrant of Precedence was challenged by a writ petition. On November 10, 2016, the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court issued a full judgment on the writ of Warrant of Precedence.[1] The Government filed a review petition, thought the Appellate Division did not stay the execution of the judgment. Cabinet division revised and published a new warrant of precedence in July 2020 which contradicts the judgement of the Supreme Court on Warrant of Precedence.[2]

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Order

Order of Precedence of Bangladesh (Revised and Updated up to the latest amendment)
Rank Position
1
2
3

By Seniority:

4
5
6

By Seniority:

7
8
9
10
  • Deputy Ministers of the Republic (Independent Charge of Divisions)
11
  • Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary accredited to Bangladesh
  • Persons holding appointments accorded status of a Deputy Minister
    • District Administrators & Chairmen, District Councils (if elected) within their respective charges
    • Mayor, Chittagong City Corporation (within the jurisdiction of their respective corporation)
12
13
14
  • Visiting Ambassadors and High Commissioners not accredited to Bangladesh
15
16
17
18
  • Mayors of City Corporations (within the jurisdiction of their respective corporation)
19
20
21
22

By seniority:

  • Additional Directors General, Health Services
  • Director (College & Admin), Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
  • Principals of Government Medical Colleges
  • Directors (Brigadier General – Substantive temporary) of Government Medical College Hospitals
  • Directors, Local Government Division within their respective charges
  • Additional Directors General, Bangladesh Railway
  • Joint Secretaries to the Government in departmental deputation
  • Additional Chief Architect
  • Additional Chief Engineers of Government Departments
  • General Managers of Bangladesh Railway Zones
  • Commissioners of Divisions outside their respective charges
  • Consulars of Embassies, High Commissions, and Legations of Foreign and Commonwealth Government
  • Joint Chief, Planning Commission
  • District Administrators & Chairmen, District Councils (if elected) outside their respective charges
  • Collectors of Customs and Excise within their respective charges
  • Additional Divisional Commissioners within their respective charges
  • Additional Deputy Inspector-Generals of Police within their respective charges
  • Officers of the substantive rank of Full Colonel in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force
  • Consulars/Counsellors to the Diplomatic Missions of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Abroad
  • Additional Chief Judicial Magistrates/Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrates/Joint District and Sessions Judges/Joint Metropolitan Sessions Judges
  • Assistant Attorneys General
  • Professors of Public Universities
23

By Seniority:

  • Officers of the status of Joint Secretary to the Government
  • Additional Commissioners of Taxes within their respective charges
  • Director(s), Department of Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
  • Regional Directors, in-charge of Divisional or equivalent Office of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
  • Mayors of City Corporations outside their respective charges
  • Military, Naval, and Air Attaché to Embassies and Legations and Military, Naval, and Air Advisors to High Commissions
  • Principals of Government Colleges
  • Postmasters General
  • Directors, Department of Narcotics Control
  • Directors, Directorate General of Health Services
  • Professors of Government Medical Colleges
  • Chief Commercial Managers, Bangladesh Railway
  • Commandants (Director), Rapid Action Battalion (Acting Full Colonel) within their respective charges
24

By Seniority:

  • Full Professors of Government Colleges in Selection Grade
  • Chief Accounts and Finance Officers within their respective charges
  • Assistant Inspector-Generals of Police (Superintendent of Police in Selection-Grade) within their respective charges
  • Deputy Commissioners-cum-District Collectors & District Magistrates within their respective charges
  • Divisional Controllers of Accounts within their respective charges
  • Superintendents of Police (If District in-charge) within their respective charges
  • Additional Collectors of Customs and Excise within their respective charges
  • Directors to the Anti-Corruption Commission
  • Officers of the substantive rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force
  • Deputy Commissioners of Metropolitan Police Commissionerates within their respective charges
25

By Seniority:

  • Divisional Directors, in-charge of Divisional or equivalent Offices of their Respective Departments and Directorates General–
    • Conservators of Forests
    • Land Reform Board (Deputy Land Reform Commissioner)
    • Department of Land Records and Surveys (Zonal Settlement Officer)
    • Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Director)
    • Department of Agricultural Extension (Additional Director)
    • Public Works Department (Superintending Engineer)
    • Roads and Highways Department (Superintending Engineer)
    • Bangladesh Railway (Divisional Railway Manager)
    • Department of Social Services (Director)
    • Department of Immigration and Passports (Director)
    • Department of Livestock Services (Director)
    • Department of Fisheries (Director)
    • Directorate General of Family Planning (Director)
    • Department of Environment (Director)
    • Directorate of Technical Education (Director)
    • Directorate General of Food (Director)
    • Bangladesh Election Commission (Regional Election Officer)
    • Department of Labour (Director)
    • Mass Communication Department (Director/Senior Deputy Principal Information Officer)
    • Department of Prisons (Deputy Inspector General of Prisons)
  • Mayors (if elected) of class I Municipalities within their respective charges
  • Joint Directors of National Security Intelligence
  • Special Superintendents of Police
  • Directors of their Respective Directorates-
    • Audit Directorates
    • Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
    • Directorate of Posts
  • Joint Commissioners of Taxes within their respective charges
  • Additional Directors of their Respective Departments and Directorates General -
    • Directorate General of Family Planning
    • Directorate General of Food
    • Department of Social Services
    • Department of Narcotics Control
  • Assistant Registrars of the Supreme Court
  • Deputy Directors, Local Government
  • Chief Executive Officers of District Councils
  • Deputy Secretaries to the government
  • Deputy Directors of the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education
  • Associate Professors of Government Colleges
  • Deputy Directors, Directorate General of Health Services
  • Senior Judicial Magistrates/Metropolitan Magistrates/Senior Assistant Judges
  • Chairmen (if elected) of Upazila Parishads within their respective charges
  • Officers of the substantive rank of Major in the Army and equivalent in the Navy and the Air Force, having completed at least 12 years of cumulative commissioned service or having held the rank for not less than a period of 6 years
  • Civil Surgeons within their respective charge
  • First Secretaries to the Diplomatic Missions of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Abroad

References

  1. ^ "Supreme Court releases full verdict on Warrant of Precedence". Prothom Alo.
  2. ^ "Appellate to hear appeal against verdict over 'warrant of precedence'". Prothom Alo.
  3. ^ "Warrant of Precedence: SC order on review petitions deferred again". Daily Star.
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