M/S Vardhman Enterprises v. State of Rajasthan

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Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur (DB: Mahendar Kumar Goyal & Bhuvan Goyal, JJ.), order dated 07/04/2026. Lead case D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 5762/2026, tagged with CW 5757, 5758, 5759, 5760, 5761, 5763, 5764, 5765, 5766, 5963, 5964, 5968, 5969, 5970 of 2026. Petitioners: M/s Kothari Enterprises, M/s Shree Shyam Traders, M/s Govindam Enterprises, M/s Mukesh Traders, M/s Sitaram Rajendra Kumar, M/s Shubham Corporation, M/s Shree Kalyan Dall And Flour Mills, M/s Shri Krishna Traders (previously M/s Rathi Agencies), M/s Parasram Ramnarayan, M/s Ramlal Mannalal, M/s Mahaveer Corporation, M/s Vardhman Enterprises, M/s Roshan Enterprises, M/s Kanda Trading Company, M/s Ramdayal Jain Trading Company — traders/firms at Rajdhani Mandi, Sikar Road, Jaipur. Respondents: State of Rajasthan (Additional Chief Secretary, Urban Development & Housing Department), Jaipur Municipal Corporation (Commissioner), its Revenue Officer, and Secretary, Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti, Jaipur. Statutes: Section 130, Section 131, Section 131(a)/(b), Section 131(b) — Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009. Disposition: disposed on agreed counsel terms — demand notice under S.130 first (at respondents' option), petitioners' remedies under S.131, bar on coercive recovery until S.131(a)/(b) proceedings conclude, refund for payments already made via protest under S.131(b) decided within 30 days by reasoned and speaking order. Counsel: Punit Singhvi, Ayush Singh, Ishan Verma, Yashowardhan Agarwal (petitioners); G.S. Gill AAG with Shikha Sharma, Ritika Naruka (for S.S. Naruka AAG), Shashi Sharma (for Manju Joshi AGC) (respondents). Keywords: demand notice, coercive action, protest, refund, municipal demand, Krishi Upaj Mandi, Rajdhani Mandi Sikar Road Jaipur.