Section 74 in The Border Security Force (Ceremonials And Marks Of Respect) Rules, 1989
74. Salutation by civilian VIPs .-The position of Staff Officers Stick Orderlies, the parade Commander and the senior most officer at the time of salutation by civilian VIPs shall be as under: -
(a)The VIP stands centrally on the dais with the senior most Border Security Force and the conducting officer behind him (senior most on the right and the conducting officer on the left) if he has staff officers attending on him, they may stand on the sides of the saluting dais, a little to the rear of the VIP. The parade Commander after he has Saluted and passed in front of the VIP as the head of the parade may leave the column and take up a position next to the VIP below the dais, on the flank from which the parade marches on.(b)At the Ceremonial parades held on the Republic Day and the Independence Day the Salute shall ordinarily be taken by the senior most civil representative of Government, e.g. , the Governor, Chief Minister, Cabinet Minister, Commissioner, Collector or Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be.(c)In the State capitals where the Border Security Force also participates in the march past on the Republic Day, the senior most Border Security Force official may also stand behind the VIP along with the senior most officers of the three services and police.
