https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=13330 A writ petition by a regional rural bank was held not maintainable without prior clearance from the High Powered Committee. Applying the settled principle governing disputes between Government departments and other public bodies under governmental control, the Court treated the bank as an instrumentality controlled by the Central Government and held that the clearance mechanism applied. It further held that the Committee could consider an interim arrangement while deciding permission to litigate, so the absence of interim powers did not defeat the procedure. The petition was dismissed for want of prior clearance. en-us Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 28 May 2009 11:58:05 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=13330 A writ petition by a regional rural bank was held not maintainable without prior clearance from the High Powered Committee. Applying the settled principle governing disputes between Government departments and other public bodies under governmental control, the Court treated the bank as an instrumentality controlled by the Central Government and held that the clearance mechanism applied. It further held that the Committee could consider an interim arrangement while deciding permission to litigate, so the absence of interim powers did not defeat the procedure. The petition was dismissed for want of prior clearance. Case-Laws Income Tax Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=13330