(a)"authorised representative" means a person authorised by the assessee, in writing, to appear on his behalf, being—(i)a person related to or regularly employed by the assessee in any manner; or(ii)any officer of a scheduled bank with which the assessee maintains a current account or has other regular dealings; or(iii)any legal practitioner, who is entitled to practise in any civil court in India; or(iv)an accountant; or(v)any person, who has passed any accountancy examination recognised by the Board; or(vi)any person, who has acquired such educational qualifications, as may be prescribed; or(vii)any person who, before the coming into force of the Income-tax Act, 1961 in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Goa, Daman and Diu, or Pondicherry, attended before an income-tax authority in the said territory on behalf of any assessee otherwise than as an employee or relative of that assessee; or(viii)any other person who was an authorised representative in accordance with the provisions of section 288(2)(vii) of the Income-tax Act, 1961;or(ix)any other person as may be prescribed;