Bombay High Court Directs Compliance with Earlier Order in Property Tax Dispute — Petitioner to Place Officer's Order on Record. Court perused earlier order dated 4th December 2013 and directed concerned officer to pass and place order on record within two weeks.

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Case Note & Summary

The Bombay High Court, in a writ petition filed by Walchand Peoplefirst Ltd. and another against the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai and others, perused paragraph 5 of an earlier order dated 4th December 2013 passed by a Division Bench. The court directed the concerned officer to place on record the order passed in terms of the said earlier order within a period of two weeks, and a copy thereof to be served on the parties. The petition was then directed to be placed under the caption 'Fresh Admission' on 7th July 2017. The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice A.S. Oka and Justice Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi.

Headnote

A) Procedural Law - Compliance with Court Orders - Direction to Place Order on Record - The court perused an earlier order dated 4th December 2013 and directed the concerned officer to place on record the order passed in terms thereof within two weeks, with a copy to be served on parties. The petition was directed to be placed under 'Fresh Admission' on 7th July 2017. (Paras 1-2)

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Issue of Consideration

Whether the concerned officer has passed an order in terms of the Division Bench's earlier order dated 4th December 2013.

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Final Decision

The court directed the concerned officer to place on record the order passed in terms of the earlier order dated 4th December 2013 within two weeks, and a copy thereof to be served on the parties. The petition was directed to be placed under 'Fresh Admission' on 7th July 2017.

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  • Compliance with court orders
  • procedural directions
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Case Details

2017 LawText (BOM) (06) 36

WRIT PETITION NO.1946 OF 2015

2017-06-16

A.S. Oka, Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi

Mr. Sahil Bijliwalla i/b M/s. FZB & Associates for the Petitioners, Ms. Geeta Shastri, Addl. G.P. for the Respondent No.5, Ms. Pallavi Thakar for the Respondent Nos.1 to 4

Walchand Peoplefirst Ltd. & Anr.

Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Ors.

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Nature of Litigation

Writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

Remedy Sought

Direction to the concerned officer to pass an order in terms of the earlier Division Bench order dated 4th December 2013

Filing Reason

Non-compliance with earlier court order

Previous Decisions

Division Bench order dated 4th December 2013 (paragraph 5)

Issues

Whether the concerned officer has passed an order in terms of the earlier Division Bench order dated 4th December 2013.

Ratio Decidendi

The court emphasized compliance with its earlier order and directed the officer to place the order on record.

Judgment Excerpts

Perused paragraph 5 of the order dated 4th December 2013 passed by a Division Bench of this Court. Place the petition under the caption 'Fresh Admission' on 7th July 2017.

Procedural History

The petition was filed in 2015. An earlier order was passed by a Division Bench on 4th December 2013. The present order was passed on 16th June 2017 directing compliance.

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