O R D E R The petitioner has filed the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following reliefs:-

“7.1. That, the instant petition may kindly be allowed and the respondents may kindly be directed to activate the erroneously and illegally cancelled PAN bearing No.ABDPH0428F allotted to the petitioner under section 139A of the Act of 1961 enabling the petitioner to file his ITRs in accordance with law;

7.2. That, the respondents may further be directed to cancel the PAN bearing No.AAGPH0406B illegally and erroneously activated by the respondent No.3 for no justified reasons;

7.3. Any other relief which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the light of equity, justice and good conscience may also be granted in favour of the petitioner.”

2. According to the petitioner, Income Tax Department issued a PAN Card to the petitioner bearing Permanent Account Number and submitted an application on 18.01.2017 before the concerned Income Tax Officer for surrendering new PAN Card bearing Permanent Account Number AAGPH0406B. According to the petitioner, upon receiving the said application, the respondents have cancelled the PAN-AAGPH0406B. According to the p