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59. In N.K.Prasada v. Government of India and Ors. (JT 2004 (Suppl.1 ) SC 326 (vide paragraphs 27 & 28), the Supreme Court following its own earlier decisions observed that the Court while exercising its jurisdiction should ordinarily remind itself about the doctrine of separation of powers and the rule of self-restraint and must ordinarily be reluctant to assume the functions of the statutory functionaries. The Supreme Court quoted its earlier decision in Chairman and MD, BPL Ltd. v. S.P.Gururaja and others, (JT 2003 (Suppl.2) SC 512 : (2003) 8 SCC 567), wherein it was observed: -