1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1402 OF 2010 ABN Amro Bank N.V. ...Petitioner vs. Pune Cantonement Board & Anr. ...Respondents Mr.Rahul Chitnis a/w Mr.R.P.Jain i/b Mr.Praveer G. Shetty for the petitioner CORAM :A.S.OKA,J. DATE : MARCH 2, 2010 P.C. 1 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner. By this writ petition under Article 227 of Constitution of India, the petitioner has challenged the order dated 8 th December 2009 passed by the learned District Judge, Pune. 2 The petitioner has preferred an appeal under section 84 of the Cantonment Act,1924 for challenging fixation of annual rateable value. In the said Appeal, an application was made by the petitioner at Exh.43 seeking a direction against the first respondent to produce various documents such as register of assessment, original of list of assessment, original copy of calculation of fixation of Annual rateable Value for the properties mentioned in the schedule and certified copies of bills issued from the year 1997 till the date in respect of the properties mentioned in the schedule. The prayer in the said application was also for examining the concerned Officer of the assessment department of the 1 st respondent as a witness. The said application was made as the petitioner is desirous of adducing evidence as regards rateable value fixed in relation to adjoining properties. The said application has been rejected by the learned District Judge by the impugned order. 2 3 After having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, I find that no fault can be found with the impugned order. Some of the documents forming part of the prayers in the application at Exh.43 are public documents. The petitioner can always apply and obtain certified copies of the said documents and produce the same before the District Court. The petitioner can always apply for issuing witness summons to the owners of the adjoining properties for giving evidence and for production of relevant documents. The petitioner can always call upon the respondent to produce the relevant documents by giving a notice to produce. 4 In the circumstances, subject to what is observed above, no interference is called for. Writ Petition is accordingly rejected. JUDGE