The appointment of the Attorney General of India does not have an age limit, and the qualifications for the appointment are similar to those for a Judge of the Supreme Court.

( 1 ) SRI K. D. Nag, learned counsel for Union of India has informed this Court that the notice on behalf of opposite party no. 1 was wrongly accepted in the Office of the Senior Standing Counsel and the same is being returned as Senior Standing Counsel has no authority to receive the copies of notice on behalf of opposite party.

( 2 ) THE inherent essential characteristic to become an Engineer is to be intelligent; to become a Doctor is to be intelligent and diligent both; to become a Defence Officer one has to be brave and one who wants to become a member of Bar, has a responsibility towards the Society at large and towards the administration of justice is not less, a person has to inculcate all the above qualities. But nowadays, the people have adopted short cut methods to come in the limelight and one such method is filing Public Interest Litigation. Of and again, the Honble apex Court and this Court penned down in strongly worded sentences that member of the Bar while filing Public Interest Litigation should be more vigilant and cautious.

( 3 ) WE are also of the considered opinion that whenever a member of the Bar files a writ petition in personal capacity his duty multiplies because he has to do homework first as a Client then as a professional. In the instant case the petitioners, who are four in numbers, are advocates by profession.

( 4 ) SRI Ashok Pandey, appearing for petitioners has inter alia prayed for a direction by issuing a writ in the nature of Quo warranto calling upon the respondent as to how he is holding the office of Attorney general of India. It has been further prayed that a writ in the nature of certiorari be issued quashing the order of appointment of the sole respondent after summoning the same from him. Further, it has been prayed that a writ in the nature of prohibition be issued thereby prohibiting the sole respondent from functioning as Attorney General of india.

( 5 ) IT has been contended on behalf of the petitioners that qualification for appointment of Attorney General of India are indicated in Article 76 of the Constitution of India. It has been emphatically argued that the respondent is holding the office of Attorney General of india in contravention of the provisions of the Constitution and has invited our attention towards Article 76 of the Constitution under which attorney General is appointed which reads as under :--"attorney-General of India- (1) The President shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court to be Attorney General of india. (2) It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assigned to him by the President, and to discharge the functions conferred on him by or under this Constitution or any other law for the time being in force. (3) In the performance of his duties the Attorney-General shall have right of audience in all courts in the territory of india. (4) The Attorney-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the President, and shall receive such remuneration as the President may determine. "

( 6 ) TO understand further, Article 124 of the Constitution of india is attracted and therefore, we have perused both Articles together to appreciate the arguments advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner wherein it is provided that the president of India shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court to be Attorney-General for India and further the qualification as provided under Article 124 of the Constitution of India are as follows;"article 124 (3 ). A person shall not be qualified for appointment as a Judge of the Supreme Court unless he is a citizen of India and- (a) has been for at least five years a Judge of a High Court or of two or more such Courts in succession; or (b) has been for at least ten years an advocate of a

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