Form XB register and certificate requirement challenged, but the writ petitions were disposed of without a merits ruling.

The writ petitions challenged an amended requirement under rule 41C to maintain a register in Form XB and file extracts with the weekly return, as well as a demand to furnish the certificate prescribed under section 4A(6). The HC disposed of the petitions without examining the merits of those contentions, so no ruling was given on whether the rule was ultra vires or whether the certificate could be compelled.

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Issues: Whether the amended rule requiring maintenance of a register in Form XB and production of extracts along with the weekly return under rule 41C was ultra vires the Act, and whether the petitioners could be compelled to furnish the certificate prescribed under section 4A(6).

Outcome: The writ petitions were disposed of without entering upon the merits of the contentions.

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