1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 2082 OF 2009 (Samsung India Electronics Pvt. Ltd. ...VERSUS.. State of Maharashtra and others) =-=-=---=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Office Notes, Office Memorandum of Coram appearances, Court's orders of directions & Registrar's orders. Court's or Judges Order =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==- Mr. Anand Parchure, Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. S.B.Ahirkar, A.G.P. for Respondent no.1 Mr. S.M.Puranik, Advocate for Respondent nos.2 and 3. C ORAM : D.B.BHOSALE ; and PRASANNA B. VARALE, J. DATED : 22nd June, 2010. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners prays for withdrawal of this writ petition with liberty to the petitioners to make detail representation to respondent no.3 Nagpur Municipal Corporation seeking exemption from payment of an advertisement tax on the sign boards of the petitioner company. Learned counsel for the Nagpur Municipal Corporation submits that they have no objection for allowing the petitioner company to make such representation. 3. In the circumstances, we dispose of this Writ Petition by passing the following order :- 2 i] Petitioner company is allowed to make a representation, as aforementioned, within a period of three weeks from today. ii] If such a representation is made by the petitioner company, the same may be considered and decided by respondent no.3 as expeditiously as possible and preferably within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the representation. iii] Respondent no.3 shall decide the representation on merits in accordance with law and uninfluenced by this order. iv] While passing this order, we shall not be understood to have examined and expressed any opinion on merits of the case. v] All contentions of the parties are kept open. vi] It is needless to mention that the petitioner company shall deposit the amount with the Corporation, demanded by them vide Demand Notice dated 23/2/2009, before the representation is finally disposed of by respondent no.3, without prejudice to their rights and contentions and subject to outcome of the decision on the representation. JUDGE JUDGE Diwale