This appeal has arisen from the judgment of a Division Bench of the GauhatiHigh Court in a Writ Appeal against a judgment of a learned Single Judge. The learnedSingle Judge, ... by a judgment dated 7 September 2016, held that Ramakrishna Missionis ‘State’ within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution of India. In appeal, theDivision Bench held that while Ramakrishna Mission may not be ‘State’ within themeaning of Article 12 in the strict sense of the term, nonetheless its hospital at Itanagarperforms a public duty and in consequence would be amenable to the writ jurisdictionunder Article 226 of the Constitution on a liberal interpretation of the expression ‘author-ity’ in that Article