Jammu: A two-member Division Bench of Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday stayed the order of a single bench which had directed hoisting of the state's flag on official buildings and vehicles of constitutional authorities, triggering a political storm.

A petition was moved by BJP's National Secretary Farooq Khan before the Division Bench of Justices Tashi Rabstan and Bansi Lal Bhat challenging the order passed by Justice Hasnain Masoodi upholding a government circular which asked all constitutional authorities to hoist the state's flag atop their official buildings and vehicles.