- the Speaker in the case of the House of the People or the Legislative Assembly of a State or a Union territory having such Assembly and the Chair­man in the case of the Council of States of a Legislative Council of States;

- the Chief Justice of India in the case of the Supreme Court;

- the Chief Justice of the High Court in the case of a High Court;

- the President or the Governor, as the case may be, in the case of other authorities established or constituted by or under the Constitution;

- the administrator appointed under article 239 of the Constitution;