 annexure extract from the constitution of india power of high courts to issue certain writs 226 (1) notwithstanding anything in article 32 every high court shall have power, throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction, to issue to any person or authority, including in appropriate cases, ary government, within those territories directions, orders or writs, including writs in the nature of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, guo warranto and certiorari, or any of them, for the enforcement of any of the rights conferred by part iii and for any other purpose