Common Quality

Common quality, The common quality uniting the potential beneficiaries into the class consists of being members of the Rana caste of community of Ahmedabad whether as natives or as being admitted to that caste or community under custom or usage. The mere fact that a person of the Rana community who is not an original native of Ahmedabad has to prove his credentials according to the custom and usage of that community to get admitted into that community cannot introduce a personal element, Ahmedabad Rana Caste Association v. Commissioner of Income-tax, (1972) 1 SCR 744: AIR 1972 SC 273 (276): (1971) 3 SCC 475.