(per the Hon’ble Sri Justice P.Sam Koshy)
Since the issue in the present writ petitions is one and the same, they are
being disposed of by this Common Order.
2. Heard Mr. Karan Talwar, learned counsel for the petitioners,
Mr. G.Bhaskar Reddy, learned counsel for respondent No.1, Ms. Bokaro Sapna
Reddy, learned Senior Standing Counsel for Income Tax Department for
respondent No.3, Mr. B.Mukherjee, learned Additional Government Pleader,
representing Mr. Gadi Praveen Kumar, learned Deputy Solicitor General of
India for respondent No.4.
3. These are four writ petitions filed by the petitioners challenging the order
passed by respondent No.1 in declining to condone the delay application filed
by the petitioners under Section 119 (2)(b) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (for
short, the ‘Act’).