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Constitution, the jurisdiction of, and the law administered in,any existing High Court, and the respective powers of theJudges thereof in relation to the administration of justice in theCourt, including any power to make rules of Court and toregulate the sittings of the Court and of members thereof sittingalone or in Division Courts, shall be the same as immediatelybefore the commencement of this Constitution:Provided that any restriction to which the exercise of originaljurisdiction by any of the High Courts with respect to any matterconcerning the revenue or concerning any act ordered or donein the collection thereof was subject immediately before thecommencement of this Constitution shall no longer apply to theexercise of such jurisdiction.Article 226 Power of High Courts to issue certain writs(1) Notwithstanding anything in article 32, every High Courtshall have power, throughout the territories in relation to whichit exercises jurisdiction, to issue to any person or authority,including in appropriate cases, any Government, within thoseterritories directions, orders or writs, including writs in thenature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warrantoand warranto and certiorari, or any of them, for the enforcementof any of the rights conferred by Part III and for any otherpurpose.(2) The power conferred by clause (1) to issue directions,orders or writs to any Government, authority or person mayalso be exercised by any High Court exercising jurisdiction inrelation to the territories within which the cause of action, whollyor in part, arises for the exercise of such power,notwithstanding that the seat of such Government or authorityor the residence of such person is not within those territories.(3) Where any party against whom an interim order, whether byway of injunction or stay or in any other manner, is made on, orin any proceedings relating to, a petition under clause (1),without -(a) furnishing to such party copies of such petition and alldocuments in support of the plea for such interim order; and(b) giving such party an opportunity of being heard,makes an application to the High Court for the vacation of suchorder and furnishes a copy of such application to the party inwhose favour such order has been made or the counsel of suchparty, the High Court shall dispose of the application within aperiod of two weeks from the date on which it is received orfrom the date on which the copy of such application is sofurnished, whichever is later, or where the High Court is closedon the last day of that period, before the expiry of the next dayafterwards on which the High Court is open; and if theapplication is not so disposed of, the interim order shall, on theexpiry of that period, or, as the case may be, the expiry of thesaid next day, stand vacated.(4) The power conferred on a High Court by this article shall notbe in derogation of the power conferred on the Supreme Courtby clause (2) of article 32.Article 226A Constitutional validity of Central laws not to beconsidered in proceedings under article 226