1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICMTURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Writ Petition No. 5170 of 2008 Gram Panchayat and ors v. State of maharashtra and ors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr A.S. Kilor, Adv for petitioners. Mr N.W. Sambre, GP for respdts 1 & 3 Coram : D.D. Sinha and A.P. Bhangale, JJ Dated : 9th January 2009 1. Heard Mr A.S. Kilor, learned counsel for petitioner and Mr N.W. Sambre, learned Government Pleader for respondents no. 1 and 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited is not exempted from paying Gram Panchayat taxes and cess which are leviable under the rules on the land belonging to Gram Panchayat occupied by them. 2. Neither the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited nor any other Authority to whom the notices are given by the Gram Panchayat has approached this Court 2 questioning validity of the same. In absence thereof, we are of the view that the petitioners have no locus to file present writ petition. In the circumstances, writ petition is disposed of accordingly. Judge. Judge. hsj