TRIDOSS LABORATORIES PVT. LTD. AND ANR vs UNION OF INDIA AND 2 ORS

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WP2789_17.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2789 OF 2017 Tridoss Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. and another … Petitioners Vs. Union of India and others … Respondents Mr. Sharan Jagtiani, Senior Advocate with Ms. Surabhi Agrawal, Mr. Vishal Maheshwari and Ms. Kamini Pansare i/b. VM Legal for Petitioners. Mr. A. S. Khandeparkar, Senior Advocate with Mr. D. P. Singh, Mr. Yashodeep Deshmukh and Ms. Vaidehi Pradeep for Respondent No.1 - UOI. Ms. Uma Rahi, AGP for Respondent Nos.2 and 3 - State. CORAM : MANISH PITALE & SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, JJ. Reserved on : MARCH 16, 2026 Pronounced on: APRIL 15, 2026 ORDER : (Per Justice Manish Pitale) . The petitioner No.1 is a company engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing pharmaceutical products and petitioner No.2 is its authorized representative. They have filed this petition being aggrieved by a demand notice dated 15.02.2016 issued by respondent No.1 i.e. Union of India through Department of Pharmaceuticals as also impugned notice of demand issued to a defaulter by respondent No.3 Tahsildar under Section 267 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 (for short ‘MLR Code’). The principal contention raised on behalf MINAL by Digitally signed MINAL SANDIP SANDIP PARAB Date: 2026.04.15 of the petitioners is that the petitioner No.1 is not liable to pay the PARAB 19:10:22 +0530 amount demanded by the respondents for allegedly overcharging consumers in respect of a specific pharmaceutical formulation and that, in any case, the demand is hopelessly time-barred. The huge delay in raising the demand has resulted in depriving the petitioners from 1/23 WP2789_17.doc formulating their defence as the records pertaining to the relevant period were not available with the peti