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103. It is also disconcerting to note that the same auditor has issued identical certificates for other AYs for which simultaneously accounts have been finalised. This kind of an auditor's report, to say the least, leaves much to be desired. It does not comport with the degree of seriousness with which a duly qualified auditor is expected to discharge his statutory obligations. An auditor is discharging both the professional and a statutory duty. He is licensed under the expectation that he will faithfully discharge the above obligations. In the present case, the Court is constrained to note that the auditor's report submitted before the CIT (A) on 4th November 1997 is woefully short of the requirement of the law.