Bombay High Court
DR. ZAKIR HUSSAIN EDUCATION SOCIETY NANDED THR ITS MEMBERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The Court directed the Commissioner/Administrator of Nanded Waghala Municipal Corporation to decide the pending proposal within eight weeks.
Summary
The petitioner, Dr. Zakir Hussain Education Society, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Commissioner/Administrator of Nanded Waghala Municipal Corporation to decide a proposal dated 13 May 2025 concerning the refund of property tax paid from 2018 to 2024 and exemption from miscellaneous taxes. The respondent AGP waived notice for the State and other respondents and stated that the proposal would be decided within eight weeks, which the Court treated as an undertaking. The Court directed the municipal commissioner to decide the proposal within eight weeks and disposed of the petition. No substantive discussion on merits was required as the direction was based on the respondent's undertaking. The order was pronounced by Judges Vibha Kankanhadi and Neeraj P. Dhote.
Issues considered
- Whether the Court should issue a direction to the municipal commissioner to decide the tax refund and exemption proposal within a specified time
Subjects
- writ petition
- tax refund
- municipal corporation
- administrative direction
- property tax
- exemption
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:17041-DB
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
923 WRIT PETITION NO.2359 OF 2026
DR. ZAKIR HUSSAIN EDUCATION SOCIETY, NANDED THR ITS MEMBER
SIDDIQUI SHAHZAN S/O KAZI MOHD. ZULFEQUARUDDIN SIDDIQUI
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
...
Mr. A.D. Hande, Advocate for petitioner
Mr. S.B. Narwade, AGP for respondent Nos.1 and 2
Mr. R.K. Ingole, Advocate for respondent No.3
...
CORAM : SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI &
NEERAJ P. DHOTE, JJ.
DATE : 18th APRIL, 2026
ORDER :
. Present petition has been filed for directions to respondent No.3
– The Commissioner / Axministrator, Nanded Waghala Municipal
Corporation, Nanded to decide pending proposal dated 13.05.2025 to refund
the amount deposited towards property tax from 2018 to 2024 and
exemption from miscellaneous taxes, within stipulated time.
2 Learned AGP waives notice for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Upon
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instructions, learned AGP submits that the said proposal would be decided
within a period of eight weeks. We take the said statement as undertaking
and dispose of the writ petition by directing respondent No.3 to decide the
said proposal within a period of eight weeks.
( NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J. ) ( SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, J. )
agd
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