Writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, filed to quash an order imposing additional tax, was dismissed for non-prosecution as the petitioner had failed to appear on multiple hearing dates.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
DATED THIS THE 03RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2023
BEFORE
THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI MULIMANI
WRIT PETITION No.18311 OF 2017 (GM-FOR)
BETWEEN:
SRI CHANDRAPPA B.C., S/O CHENNAPPA B.P., AGED ABOUT 73 YEARS, PROPRIETOR OF M/S USHA TIMBERS, B.M.BYPASS ROAD, HUNSUR, MYSURU DISTRICT. …PETITIONER
AND:
(BY SRI V.SHIVAREDDY, HCGP FOR R1; SMT.LATHA, ADVOCATE FOR SRI M.V.CHARATI, ADVOCATE FOR R2)
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THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO QUASH THE ORDER OF IMPOSITION ADDITIONAL TAX OF 12% AS A FOREST DEVELOPMENT TAX (FDT) IN ORDER NO. PÉJ¸ïJ¸ïL¹/©EJªÉįï-PÉfJ¥sï/nA§gï -ºÀgÁdÄ /¹Dgï /2016-17 DATED 23.03.2017 AS AGAINST THE TOTAL BID VALUE WON BY THE PETITIONER WITH REGARD TO 35 LOGS (LOTS) MEASURING ABOUT 354.223 CUBIC METERS, AS ANNEXED IN THE ANNEXURE-E OF THE WRIT PETITION AND ETC.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN 'B' GROUP, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
ORDER
There is no representation on behalf of petitioner.
Sri.V.Shivareddy., Learned HCGP for respondent No.1 and Smt.Latha., learned counsel on behalf of Sri.M.V.Charati., for respondent No.2 have appeared in person.
As could be seen from the daily order sheet, the petition was listed on 08.11.2019, 12.02.2021 and 22.06.2021. On these days, there was no representation on behalf of petitioner.
The Writ Petition is listed today.
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As already noted above, today also there is no representation on behalf of petitioner. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non-prosecution.
Sd/JUDGE
TKN
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Sri Chandappa B.C.
State represented by its Secretary, Vikasa soudha, Bangalore
Karnataka State Forest Industries Corporation Ltd.
Jyoti Mulimani
As recorded by the court registry
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