1. The present petition has been filed by five petitioners out of whom, petitioners No.1 to 4 are Chartered Accountants by profession and members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the petitioner No.5 is a Value Added Tax practitioner in whose favour, the Commissioner of Trade and Taxes has issued a certificate of enrolment. All the petitioners are aggrieved by the Notice dated 07.12.2016 issued by the respondent/Sales Tax Bar Association, deciding to hold the Annual General Meeting (in short “AGM”) of the Association on 30.12.2016 at the time and venue mentioned therein. One of the notes at the foot of the said Notice, i.e., footnote No.3 is the reason for the petitioners to have approached this Court for relief. Footnote No.3 states as below:-

“3. In view of the Judgment and Order of Delhi High Court dated 31.05.2016 and 18.10.2016 in W.P.(C) No.8106/2010 titled as P.K. Dash, Advocate and Ors. Vs. Bar Council of India and Ors. and other connected matters, non advocate members shall not be entitled to vote and contest the elections and an Advocate member who is a member of any of the following Bar Associations annexed to and recognized by the Bar Council