Article 223 — When the office of Chief Justice of a High Court

is vacant or when any such Chief Justice is, by reason ofabsence or otherwise, unable to perform the duties of hisoffice, the duties of the office shall be performed by suchone of the other Judges of the Court as the President mayappoint for the purpose. 2[224. (1) If by reason of any temporary increase in the business of a High Court or by reason of arrears of worktherein, it appears to the President that the number of theJudges of that Court should be for the time beingincreased, the President may appoint duly qualifiedpersons to be additional Judges of the Court for suchperiod not exceeding two years as he may specify. (2) When any Judge of a High Court other than the Chief Justice is by reason of absence or for any otherreason unable to perform the duties of his office or isappointed to act temporarily as Chief Justice, thePresident may appoint a duly qualified person to act asa Judge of that Court until the permanent Judge hasresumed his duties. (3) No person appointed as an additional or acting Judge of a High Court shall hold office after attaining theage of 3[sixty-two years].] 4[224A . Notwithstanding anything in this Chapter, the Chief Justice of a High Court for any State may atany time, with the previous consent of the President,Appointment ofacting Chief Justice. 1Ins. by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 5. Original cl. (2) was omitted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 14. 2Subs. by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, s. 15, for art. 224. 3Subs. by the Constitution (Fifteenth Amendment) Act, 1963, s. 6, for “sixty years”. 4Ins. by s. 7, ibid.Appointment of additional andacting Judges. Appointment of retired Judges atsittings of HighCourts.THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (Part VI. —The States. —Arts. 222—224 A.)111 request any person who has held the office of a Judge of that Court or of any other High Court to sit and act as a Judge of the High Court for that State, and every suchperson so requested shall, while so sitting and acting, beentitled to such allowances as the President may by orderdetermine and have all the jurisdiction, powers andprivileges of, but shall not otherwise be deemed to be, a Judge of that High Court: Provided that nothing in this article shall be deemed to require any such person as aforesaid to sit and act asa Judge of that High Court unless he consents so to do.]