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12. The Government loosely means the body of persons authorized to administer the affairs of, or to govern a State. It commands and its decision become binding upon the persons concerned. Government includes, both the Central Government as well as the State Government, if considered under the provisions of the General Clauses Act, 1897. Therefore, the government is an impersonal agency concept including all its administrative and Secretarial officers. Government is a part of the body politic having three independent functionaries as its branches. It performs regal and sovereign functions, which are not alienable to any other person, e.g. defence, security currency etc. Government means a group of people responsible for governing the country. It consists of the activities, methods and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit. Thus, Government Department means something purely fundamental, i.e. relating to a particular government or to the practice of governing a country. It has different Wings. However, the expression 'Government' may be required to be interpreted in the context used in a particular Statute as in R.S. Nayak v. A.R. Antuley , while interpreting the provisions of Section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, the Hon'ble Supreme Court held that the expression denotes the Executive and not the Legislature. Similar view has been reiterated in State of Rajasthan v. Sripal Jain .