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1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. Learned counsel for the parties agree that a common
judgment and order can dispose of these Petitions because
substantially common issues of law and fact arise. Learned
counsel agree that Writ Petition No.825 of 2006 may be
treated as the lead Petition.
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3. The Petitioners are Associations/Federations of the
officers of nationalised banks. They purport to represent the
bank officers. In some of the Petitions, there was a prayer for
a grant of leave to prosecute these Petitions in a
representative capacity. However, such prayers were not
pursued, possibly because the Petitioners felt that if the
impugned provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961 (“IT Act”)
were struck down, then the benefit of such striking down
would inure to all the bank officers and not just the bank
officers whom the Petitioners expressly represent.
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