Issue with 'Show approval controls in task details only' in Human Task

Hi,
In human task, for the approval controls / outcomes to be displayed only in the task details (Not in the task summary, actions menu), the below option was selected and it was working perfectly in SOA BPM worklist application (11.1.1.5.0). But when we migrate to 11.1.1.6.0, this was not working...
Option to be selected: .task > Assignment > Configure Assignment > Assignment > Show approval control controls in task details only.
We are anyhow planning to test in 11.1.1.7.0 also, but do anyone knows why its not working in 11.1.1.6.0?

I'm facing the same issue in 11g PS5. Any update on this?

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