IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.18008 of 2010 ==================================================== Harendra Pratap Singh, Advocate, Son of Sri Brahma Dayal Singh, ‘Freedom Fighter’ resident of Village- Narbirpur, Panchayat-Narbirpur, Proposed Block- Narbirpur, Police Station-Koelwar, District-Bhojpur (Arrah), Propsoed Division-Shahabad (Arrah), Present Address-2A, Kamla Apartment, Kavi Raman Path, Purbee Boring Road, Patna (Near Ex-Chief Minister Late Satyendra Narayan Sinha) and practicing as an Advocate, a member of Advocates’ Association, Advocates’ House, Patna High Court, Patna, in the State of Bihar (In person). …. …. Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India, through the Secretary Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi (Respondent no.2). 2. The Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. 3. The Secretary, Department of Law, Justice and Company Affairs in the Department of Legal Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. 4. The Secretary of Ministry of Planning and Parliamentary affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. 5. The State of Bihar, through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna (Respondent no.6). 6. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 7. The Principal Secretary, Department of Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 8. The Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 9. The Principal Secretary, Department of Parliamentary Work, Government of Bihar, Patna. 10. The Registrar General, Patna High Court, in the State of Bihar, Patna. 11. 11. The Joint Registrar (Judicial), Patna High Court, in the State of Bihar, Patna. …. …. Respondents ==================================================== - 2 - Appearance : For the Petitioner: Mr. Harendra Pratap Singh ( in Person) For the Respondent: Mr. J.P. Karn, AAG-IX ==================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 2. 2.11.2010. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is filed in public interest by a practicing Advocate to challenge the provisions under Clause 3.50 in Section-XI of the Flag Code of India, 2002 insofar as the posts of the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of the High Courts have not been included in the list of dignitaries on whose passing away the National Flag is half-masted. We see no substance in this petition; first it is a matter of policy of the Government; second it can hardly be a matter of public interest. The petition is dismissed in limine. Pawan/- (R.M. Doshit, CJ) (Jyoti Saran, J)