Ram Krishan and Ors. v. New Delhi Municipal Council and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 7977/2021, Delhi High Court, Mini Pushkarna J., order dated 02.09.2025 – property tax assessment, NDMC notice of demand 06.07.2021, PID P-6232, separate PID numbers for co-owned properties Nos. 9 & 11 Bazar Lane Bengali Market, mutation of co-owners, MOUs dated 18.08.1998 and 27.05.2003, L&DO lease deeds, adjustment of amounts already paid, speaking order within six months, representation to NDMC, writ petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
No substantive quashing of the demand notice; instead, writ petition (along with pending application) disposed of with directions: petition to be treated as representation before NDMC; objections to be considered with hearing through authorized representative; amounts already paid to be adjusted; accounts to be collated; Speaking Order preferably within six months re assessment of property tax for PID P-6232; petitioners to pay indicated tax per their proportion under the MOUs; separate PID numbers to be assigned by NDMC after clearance of dues, in terms of the L&DO lease deed.