( 1 ) HEARD Sri Prakash Padia, Advocate representing Life Insurance Corporation of india/petitioner, Sri Q. H. Siddiqui, Advocate for respondent Nos. 1, 2, and 3 and Sri Ran Vijay singh learned Standing Counsel for respondent Nos. 4 and 5 in the leading case and all other counsels appearing in connected cases. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) as petitioner has filed all the above petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, challenging orders/actions of the respondent Nagar Nigams, Nagar Palika Parishad impleaded as respondents called Local Bodies seeking to recover Licence Fee from LIC on the basis of entry "insurance company" in the Schedule attached to G. O. dated 16. 12. 97 and consequential Notifications on that basis.

( 2 ) IT is admitted at the bar that all the petitions under somewhat similar facts raises common question of law and on that basis, learned Counsels for the parties in the above cases agreed that all the petitions be decided together by referring to the facts and record of Writ Petition No. 386 of 2004 wherein, LIC has claimed following reliefs :- (a) To, issue a writ, order or direction including a writ in th