[Amit Khemka]

> Is it possible using XSL, to extract Distinct Values for a given element. 
[example snipped]

I'm sure there are more elegant solutions, but I think something like 
the following should work for your example:

<xsl:template match="companies">

<xsl:apply-templates>
<xsl:sort select="city"/>
</xsl:apply-templates>

</xsl:template>


<xsl:template match="company">

<xsl:variable name="x" expr="city"/>

<xsl:if test='not(from-following-siblings(*[city=$x]))'>

<xsl:value-of select="city"/>

<xsl:if test="not(position()=last())"><xsl:text>, </xsl:text></xsl:if>

</xsl:if>

</xsl:template>
 
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