Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation needed to fill the post of Chief Municipal Engineer (Civil) and selected Nilangshu Bhushan Basu by direct recruitment in consultation with the State Public Service Commission, as permitted by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 and the 1985 Rules. The Calcutta High Court set …

Lagan Jute Machineries Co. Ltd. (appellant) was the lessee of premises owned by Candlewood Holdings Ltd. (respondent). After the lease expired, an eviction suit led to a consent decree in which the lessee undertook to pay the municipal commercial surcharge on consolidated rates as determined by the Calcutta Municipal C…

The respondents obtained an eight‑storey building sanction on 27 April 1985 under the Bengal Municipal Act, 1932, but failed to commence construction within two years, causing the sanction to lapse. They later applied for a revised eight‑storey plan and a twelve‑storey plan in 1987, claiming a deemed sanction under Sec…

The Supreme Court examined the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, which imposes a consolidated property tax on owners and occupiers. Tenants, sub‑tenants and occupiers argued that they were denied participation in valuation, notice of assessment, and a meaningful right of appeal, especially where they were requi…

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation was formed by merging three municipalities, including Garden Reach, under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. Respondent No.1, who had been an Education In‑charge in Garden Reach Municipality on a pay scale of Rs. 380‑910, was placed after the merger in the post of Education…

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) issued a circular on 3 July 2012 creating super‑numerary Assistant Engineer (AE) posts for Sub‑Assistant Engineers (SAEs) and prescribed different eligibility criteria for diploma‑holders (25 years of service) and degree‑holders (13 years of service). The appellants, diploma‑hold…

The Calcutta Youth Front and others challenged the Calcutta Municipal Corporation's grant of a 30‑year licence to Happy Homes & Hotels Pvt. Ltd. for the sub‑soil of Satyanarayan Park to construct an underground market and parking facility, arguing that the corporation lacked authority to alienate public park land and t…

The State of West Bengal and the Calcutta Municipal Corporation appealed against a Calcutta High Court decision that held the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 1990 unconstitutional for imposing a one‑year ban on applications for high‑rise building plans. The Act introduced Section 398A, which barred any …

India Automobiles (1960) Ltd., the owner of a nine‑storey commercial building, leased the premises to a tenant who sub‑let parts of it. The Calcutta Municipal Corporation fixed the annual value of the property under Section 174 of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980, by taking into account the rent paid by the…

Harbanslal Malhotra & Sons Pvt Ltd owned a two‑storey building with appurtenant land and was assessed for municipal tax under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. The Assessing Officer fixed the annual valuation at Rs 59,400 for AY 1988‑89 and Rs 4,25,600 for AY 1994‑95. The Municipal Assessment Tribunal uphel…