THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO CRIMINAL PETITION No.9452 of 2011 ORDER: Petitioner approaches this Court with a prayer to quash the proceedings against her in S.T.C.No.97 of 2010 on the file of the Special Judicial II Class Magistrate, Kovvur, West Godavari District. Heard. The case of the complainant is that the petitioner is not paying house tax for the last three years. Hence, the second respondent lodged a complaint in S.T.C.No.97 of 2010. By the said S.T.C., the petitioner herein is directed to face the trial for non-payment of tax to a tune of Rs.70,487/-. Aggrieved over the same, the present petition is filed seeking to quash the proceedings in S.T.C.No.97 of 2010. This Court is not inclined to quash the proceedings against the petitioner at this stage and there are no merits in the present petition and the same is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed. In any event, as the question of identity of the petitioner does not arise in this case, the presence of the petitioner before the court below is dispensed with except the dates on which the learned Magistrate insists for the same and the petitioner shall properly be represented through his counsel before the court below. The miscellaneous petitions, if any, filed along with the criminal petition shall stand closed. _____________________ JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO 30th September 2011, Rns.