R.V. Easwar, J.

1. This writ petition under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the Commissioner of Income Tax seeking the issuance of a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order or direction quashing the orders dated 21.05.2010 and 06.07.2010, both passed by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal, Delhi Bench “F”, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as “Tribunal”), passed in Stay Application Nos.24 to 30/Del/2010 (in ITA Nos.2057 to 2063/Del/2010) and in ITA Nos.2057 to 2063/Del/2010 respectively. These orders were passed by the Tribunal in the stay applications and in the appeals filed by the NIIT before the Tribunal. The petitioner has arrainged/arrayed the Tribunal as the first respondent and NIIT Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the “Assessee”) as the second respondent.

2. The events leading to filing of the present writ petition are somewhat longish and we shall try to refer briefly to them. The assessee is a public limited company engaged in the business of information technology education and export of software services. We are concerned with the assessment year 1999-2000, the relevant previous year being the financial year ended o