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In cases, where huge revenue\/demand from the department is involved, invariably, there is inordinate delay in filing appeals before the high court under Section 260A of the Income Tax Act, 1961, and in filing special leave petitions before this court.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not know the reason why such inordinate delays take place only in matters of high stakes. This aspect needs to be looked into,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The court directed that a copy of its order be sent to &#8220;the finance minister and law minister for doing the needful at the departmental level so that such cases of revenue leakages do not recur&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The court direction came after it found that the affidavit in the Citi Bank case filed by the Income Tax department was not satisfactory. 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