1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.186 OF 2007 Radhakrushna Keshavrao Ingole .. Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Mr.Amol A. Deshpande for the petitioner Mr.V.A.Sonpal, A.G.P. for the State CORAM : J.N.PATEL CORAM : J.N.PATEL CORAM : J.N.PATEL & & & K.K.TATED, JJ. K.K.TATED, JJ. K.K.TATED, JJ. DATED : 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 DATED : 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 DATED : 24TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 P.C.: 1. The petitioner has moved this petition in Public Interest Litigation seeking declaration that "Right to Life" includes Right to have Good and Efficient Governance in Government Offices and that the VAT is not a subject matter for calculating Octroi Duty and other ancillary reliefs. 2. In our opinion, the person who is aggrieved by the duty can always make a grievance before the Competent Authority or approach this court if the 2 issue is amenable to writ jurisdiction of this court. We do not find any public interest in the matter as it relates to collection of Octroi along with VAT. We therefore, dismiss the petition. 3. In our view, this petition is nothing but an abuse of the process of the court by an Advocate. Therefore, we impose cost of Rs.5,000/-. while dismissing the petition. The petitioner shall deposit the cost in this court within 2 weeks. On failure to do so, the Collector (Pune) is directed to recover the cost as fine by resorting to the provisions of Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. Incase, the cost is deposited in this court, the same may be deposited in the District Legal Services Authority, Pune. We have imposed cost on the lower side as the petitioner has just joined the legal profession and in our opinion, this would be sufficient caution to the petitioner not to indulge in such practice in future. ( J.N. PATEL, J ) ( J.N. PATEL, J ) ( J.N. PATEL, J ) 3 ( K.K. TATED, J ) ( K.K. TATED, J ) ( K.K. TATED, J )