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9. The learned Counsel for the respondents referred to Articles 345, 346 and 347 of the Constitution. Article 345 makes a provision for official language of a State and provides that the State Legislature may by law adopt any one or more of the languages in use in the State or the Hindi as the language or languages to be used for all or any of the official purposes. Article 346 makes a provision about the official language for communication between one State and another or between a State and the Union. In Article 347 a provision has been made that on a demand being made the President may direct that a language other than the English language shall be officially recognised in a State or any part thereof for such purposes as may be specified. These Articles have no bearing upon the question before us. We are not concerned with the official language of a State but are concerned with the question of the language in which the Bills and Acts have to be passed by a State Legislature and that subject has been specifically dealt with in Article 348, which provides that notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this part of the Constitution, all Acts etc., shall be in the English language. It is thus clear that the provisions contained in Articles 345, 346 and 347 are subject to the provisions contained in Article 348.