GAURAV PUNJ vs THE NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

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$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 01st August, 2025 + W.P.(C) 11411/2025 & CM APPL. 46721/2025, CM APPL. 46722/2025 GAURAV PUNJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Raman Gandhi, Advocate Mob: 9891561631 Email: raman7806yahoo.com versus THE NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Sharma, SC with Mr. Vishvander Singh, Advocate Mob: 9810798828 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to quash the Assessment Order dated 16th January, 2025 and consequent demand of property tax arrears of ₹ 85,38,980/-, as per the Property Tax Bill bearing no. 346646 dated 28th May, 2025. 2. There is further prayer for direction to the respondent to carry out a fresh property tax assessment of the portions of property owned by the petitioner. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that Assessment Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 11411/2025 Page 1 of 6 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:02.08.2025 20:57:21 Order dated 16th January, 2025, has been passed without issuance of any form of prior notice to the petitioner and no hearing has been granted to the petitioner before passing of the impugned Assessment Order. 4. It is submitted that the petitioner had not even been served the copy of the Assessment Order and that the petitioner became aware of the passing of the said Assessment Order only recently, when an illegible copy of the same was found lying at the property of the petitioner. 5. It is further submitted that when the petitioner had approached the respondent on his own for deposit of property tax for the year 2025-2026, the afore-noted Property Tax Bill dated 28th May, 2025, was iss