Identical issues in a companion matter led to application of earlier reasoning and grant of the claimed reliefs.

The Court treated the appeal as raising the same facts and issues already decided in the companion matter, and applied the earlier reasoning without independent reconsideration. On that basis, it disposed of the appeal in the same manner as the connected case, allowing the appeal, setting aside the High Court's Division Bench judgment, and allowing the writ petition with the reliefs claimed.

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Issues: Whether the appeal deserved to be allowed and the writ petition and consequential reliefs granted in view of the identical questions already decided in the companion matter.

Analysis: The facts and issues were found to be the same as in the companion appeal decided earlier. Since the merits were identical, the Court applied the same reasoning and disposed of the present appeal in the same manner.

Conclusion: The appeal was allowed, the judgment and order of the Division Bench of the High Court were set aside, and the writ petition was allowed with the reliefs claimed by the appellant granted.

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