IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL WRIT PETITION NO. 175 (MS) OF 2009 Farzana Begam ……………Petitioner. Versus State of Uttarakhand & others. ……….Respondents. Mr. Udyog Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. K.P. Upadhyay, Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State of Uttarakhand / respondents. 10th February, 2008 Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. The petitioner has filed this writ petition challenging the recovery citation dated 18.11.2008, whereby, recovery of Rs. 32,484/- is being made against the petitioner. 2. The contention of the petitioner is that amount is as house tax for the year 2002 to 2006-07, which is being recovered from the petitioner and the petitioner being a poor lady does not have sufficient funds to pay this amount. For this, the petitioner has made a representation dated 20.1.2009 to the District Magistrate / respondent no. 1, wherein she had admitted her liability to pay house tax and requested that this amount may be recovered from her through easy instalments. 3. In view of this factual matrix as alleged by the petitioner itself, this Court is inclined to dispose of this writ petition at this stage particularly in view of the fact that petitioner has confined his prayer that the amount may be recovered by way of easy instalments. Hence, this Court directs that the amount which has to be recovered from the petitioner as House Tax should be recovered from the petitioner by way of six monthly instalments. Each instalment shall be paid by the petitioner on the first day of every month before the authority concerned. The first instalment shall be paid on 1st March, 2009. In the event of any default in payment of any instalment, the remaining amount shall be recovered from the petitioner as arrears of land revenue. The petitioner says that she has already deposited a sum of Rs. 15,000 (Fifteen Thousand) towards House Tax. If this be so, then the said amount shall be adjusted from the House Tax, which is sought to be recovered. 4. With this observation, the writ petition is disposed of. (Sudhanshu Dhulia, J.) 10.2.2009 Rathour