<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Madras High Court today allowed nine petitioners to file their Income Tax returns manually without quoting Aadhaar number for the assessment year 2018-19.</span></div>''<div>  <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span></div>''<div>A division bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Anand Venkatesh passed the interim order noting that since the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar itself was yet to be decided, the petitioners could be allowed to file I-T returns without the Aadhaar.<br />''<br />''</div>''<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span></div>''<div>However, it made it clear If the Supreme Court decides to uphold the constitutionality of Aadhaar, then the petitioners would have to file revised return quoting Aadhaar.<br />''<br />''</div>''<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span></div>''<div>The Supreme Court had on May 10 reserved its verdict on a batch of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of the Centre's flagship Aadhaar scheme and its enabling 2016 law after a marathon hearing.</div>