-1- IN IN IN THE THE THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE APPELLATE APPELLATE JURISDICTION JURISDICTION JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION PETITION PETITION NO.1952 OF 2008 NO.1952 OF 2008 NO.1952 OF 2008 Cadbury India Ltd. ...Petitioners v/s The State of Maharashtra and ors. ...Respondents Mr Rahul Chitnis i/b M/s Crawford Bayley and Co. for Petitioners. Mr R.P. Behere, AGP for Respondents. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH AND N.D. DESHPANDE JJ. DATE : 16TH APRIL 2008. -2- P.C. :- 1. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. Hea finally by consent of the parties. 2. Within a period of four weeks from today, without prejudice to their rights and contentions, the petitioners shall deposit an amount of Rs.17,00,000/- in this Court, with due intimation to the respondent No.3. On the deposit being made, the Registrar General shall invest the said amount in fixed deposit in a nationalised bank for appropriate period. 3. Within a period of four weeks from today, the petitioners shall file before the respondent No.3 a return as required by the provisions of the Maharashtra Increase of Land Revenue and Special Assessment Act 1974 regarding their holdings in the State of Maharashtra right from the year 1974 till 2007-08, together with any document in support of their claim. The Tahasildar, Thane shall thereafter grant an opportunity of being heard to the petitioners and determine what was the holding of the petitioners during the period from 1974-75 to 2007-08 and on that basis, as per provisions of the aforesaid Act, determine the amount of assessment tax that the petitioners are liable to pay. The -3- Tahasildar, Thane shall make a speaking order. The Tahasildar, Thane shall also make an order, depending on the assessment made by the Tahasildar, Thane, about disposal of the amount that is being deposited in this Court. The petitioners shall be a liberty to adopt appropriate remedy against the order of the Tahasildar, Thane. 4. On the amount being deposited by the petitioners as directed above, the attachment of the property of the petitioners shall cease to operate. Parties shall be at liberty to approach this Court in case they face any difficulty in implementing this order. Rule is made absolute accordingly with no order as to costs. . Parties to act on the copy of this order duly authenticated by the Sheristedar / Private Secretary of the Court. . Certified copy expedited. ( D.K. DESHMUKH J.) ( N.D. DESHPANDE J.)