WRIT TAX No. 45 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:14967-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 45 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt Durga Devi Tripathi Respondent :- State of U.P. and 2 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Ashok Kumar Mishra, Girish Chandra Shukla Counsel for Respondent :- Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, Jagdish Pathak (S.C.), Manoj Kumar Singh Hon'ble Arun Bhansali, Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra, J. 1. This writ petition is directed against attachment notice dated 31.12.2024 in relation to the demand of house tax of the petitioner. 2. Submissions have been made that after notice was issued, petitioner has approached the respondents by making the representation dated 02.01.2025 and reminder has also been given on 20.02.2024. However, the respondents, without adverting to the representation made by the petitioner, are seeking to enforce the demand and, therefore, they may be directed to decide the representation made by the petitioner. 3. Counsel appearing for the Municipal Corporation has produced instructions inter alia seeking to justify the demand made. 4. Once the petitioner pursuant to the attachment notice dated 31.12.2024 has approached the respondents by way of a repres