Joy Frozen Foods Private Ltd. v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai Throu. Assistant Assessor and Collector
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, WP No. 18099 of 2024, decided 10 March 2025 (neutral citation 2025:BHC-AS:11374); coram G. S. Kulkarni & Advait M. Sethna, JJ. Joy Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd. v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai — Article 226 writ petition regarding property tax of Rs.10,50,000/- inadvertently deposited in wrong Property Tax Account (RS0809160180000 instead of RS0809150030000); MCGM directed to decide within two weeks, transfer amounts to appropriate account and refund any excess with interest; adjustment prayer clause (b) not pressed by counsel; compensation claim of Rs.5,00,000/- for mental harassment kept open; petition disposed of, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondents (MCGM) to take an appropriate decision within two weeks, grant the petitioner the benefit by transferring the amounts to the appropriate account, and refund any excess property tax paid along with interest; petition disposed of in terms of the above observations with no costs; all contentions and the compensation prayer expressly kept open.