THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.14201 of 2010 July 27, 2010 Between: Adapa Satya Surendra Babu, S/o.Late Appa Rao And another … Petitioners And The Government of Andhra Pradesh, represented by its Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration, Hyderabad And another ... Respondents THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE V.V.S.RAO AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.14201 of 2010 ORDER: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice V.V.S.Rao) The petitioners are owners of a commercial building, which they statedly got under gift deed dated 19.3.2008 executed by their grandfather. Aggrieved by the enhancement of property tax from Rs.35,000/- for the assessment year 2001-2002 to Rs.3,22,680/- for the assessment year 2008-2009, they filed their objections on 08.9.2009 before the second respondent, in vain. Therefore they filed instant writ petition seeking invalidation of enhancement of property tax. It is axiomatic that ordinarily when an effective alternative remedy is available, the Writ Court does not interfere at the threshold especially when the l i s involves disputed questions of fact. Indisputably it is a question of fact as to whether the enhancement is in gross violation of the guidelines issued by the first respondent in 2002. It is also a disputed question of fact whether the valuation fixed by the first respondent for the purpose of levying property tax is in accordance with the provisions of the Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955, as is made applicable to the Rajahmundry Municipal Corporation under the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporations Act, 1994. These matters can be best agitated before the jurisdictional Court of the Senior Civil Judge, Rajahmundry, by filing appeal under Section 282 of the Municipal Corporations Act. Giving liberty to do so, the writ petition is dismissed, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case. ________________ (V.V.S. RAO, J) _______________________________ (RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J) July 27, 2010 YS