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It is an unwritten rule of law, constitutional and administrative, that whenever a decision-making function is entrusted to be subjective satisfaction of a statutory functionary, there is an implicit obligation to apply his mind to pertinent and proximate matters only, eschewing the irrelevant and the remote."
(v) In Jayrajbhai Jayantibhai Patel v. Anilbhai Jayanitbhai Patel and Ors., reported in (2006) 8 SCC 200, the Hon'ble Supreme Court at paragrah 18 observed as under:-