C.W.P No. 8728 of 1990 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No. 8728 of 1990 Date of decision : December 02, 2010 Ram Murti, ...... Petitioner v. The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana and another ...... Respondents *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. R.P.Kansal, Advocate for the petitioner. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? *** AJAY TEWARI, J (Oral) On the last date of hearing, the following order was passed :- “ Counsel for the petitioner is not present. In the interest of justice, adjourned to 29.11.2010. Let a note be given in the cause list informing Mr. R.P.Kansal, Advocate about the date fixed.” Thereafter, a note appeared in the list on 29.11.2010. However, the matter could not be taken up on that date due to paucity of time. Today, none has entered appearance for the petitioner even on second call. By this writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the order of imposition of house tax. The Municipal Committee had fixed the annual C.W.P No. 8728 of 1990 ::2:: rental value of the premises owned by the petitioner at Rs.3,000/- since the building was constructed over an area of one and half kanal. In appeal, the petitioner did not dispute the fact that the building was constructed over the aforesaid area and that its market value was not less than ` 4 lacs. The Appellate Authority noticed that earlier the annual rental value was fixed at Rs.6000/- but thereafter it was reduced to ` 3,000/- after remand. The Appellate Authority then proceeded to consider all the contentions of the petitioner and ultimately by a reasoned order dismissed the appeal. I find firstly that the order of the Appellate Authority is a speaking order where all the contentions of the petitioner have been considered in a correct prospective. Apart from that, the amount involved is quite paltry since the annual rental value was fixed at Rs.3000/- only. Consequently, finding no merit in this writ petition, the same is dismissed with no order as to costs. ( AJAY TEWARI ) December 02, 2010. JUDGE `kk'