Rekha Manohar Khasturi v. Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation Throu. Its Municipal Commissioner and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court; WRIT PETITION NO.9305 OF 2024; Rekha Manohar Khasturi v. Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation; Article 226 of Constitution of India; municipal tax notices; reduction and calculation of taxes; conditional deposit of entire notice amount; automatic dismissal if deposit not made within three weeks; adjustment of tax against future taxes; leave to amend prayer clause numbering; A. S. Gadkari; Kamal Khata; 25 November 2024; interim/postscript order; Girish Godbole Senior Advocate; no precedents cited; no amount quantified.
What did the court decide?
Interim order only: (i) leave granted to amend the petition to correct the numbering of prayer clauses, amendment to be carried out forthwith and in any event during the course of the day; (ii) petitioner directed to deposit the entire amount stated in the impugned tax notices in the Court Registry within three weeks, failing which the petition shall stand dismissed automatically without further reference to the Court. The substantive question of tax reduction/recalculation was not adjudicated; the Court observed that success in the petition would yield tax adjustment for the noticed period and future taxes. No monetary figure for the deposit is stated in the text.