Co-ordinate Bench precedent applied to similar writ petitions; the Bombay HC allowed the petitions and made rule absolute.

Petitions raising issues stated to be similar to, if not identical with, those decided in an earlier writ petition were allowed by the Bombay HC by following the co-ordinate Bench decision in M/s. Sundyne Pumps and Compressors India Pvt. Ltd. The respondent did not dispute that the controversy was covered by that earlier ruling, and the court applied the same reasoning to the present matters. Rule was therefore made absolute in terms of the stated prayer clauses.

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Issues: Whether the petitions were entitled to be allowed by following the earlier co-ordinate Bench decision covering the same issue.

Analysis: The petitions were stated to raise issues similar to, if not identical with, those decided in an earlier writ petition disposed of the same day. The parties also proceeded on the basis that the controversy was covered by the co-ordinate Bench decision in M/s. Sundyne Pumps and Compressors India Pvt. Ltd., and the respondent did not dispute that position.

Conclusion: The petitions were allowed by following the earlier decision, and Rule was made absolute in terms of the stated prayer clauses.

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