IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE B.PRAKASH RAO and THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.Y.SOMAYAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 21808 of 1996 Between: Smt. Safia Akbarunnisa Begum, W/o. Mohd Moghiruddin Ahmed, R/o. Hyderabad. ..... PETITIONER AND The Dy. Commissioner, Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad. Circle-IV, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. .....RESPONDENT Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to to issue a direction, writ or order, one in the nature of Mandamus:- a) declaring the action of the Respondent inissuing the demand notice dt: 17-1-96 for payment of property tax in respect of residential house bearing No. 10-3-12, Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad treating the said residential house as a marriage hall and assessing the same fixing the annual rental value of Rs.42,000/- and imposing the annual tax of Rs.12,247-20 and without disposing of the petitoner objections dt: 10-11-94 and not communicating any decision to that effect as arbitrary, illegal and a direction may be issued to dispose off the objections filed by the petitioner on 10-11-94; b) to declare that the property tax bill dt: 12-7-96 bearing No. 10/03/0129 for an amount of Rs.24,494-40 may be cancelled, c) granting all consequential benefits including costs; or any other order or order as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstance of the case. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.M.SRINIVASA RAO Counsel for the Respondent No.: MR.RAMA RAO GHANTA The Court made the following : ORDER: (Per The Hon’ble Sri Justice B.Prakash Rao) Though this matter pertains to the year 1996, none appears for the petitioner and there is no representation on her behalf. Hence, the Writ Petition is dismissed for non- prosecution. No costs. -------------------------- (B.Prakash Rao, J) 7th March, 2008 -------------------------- (C.Y.Somayajulu, J) LUR