1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 09.11.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.CHANDRU Writ Petition (MD)No.2161 of 2011 Amala Annai Matriculation Hr.Sec.School, Rep.by its Correspondent, Pon Pudupatti-622 408 Pudukottai District. ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep.by its Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Fort St., George, Chennai.-09. 2.The District Collector, Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai. 3.The Block Development Officer, (village Panchayat) Block Development Office, Ponnamaravathy, Pudukkottai District. 4.The President/Executive Authority, Thottiyampatti Panchayat, Ponnamaravathy, Pudukkottai District. ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records pertaining to the Amendment to Rule 15(1)(c) of the Tamil nadu Village Panchayats (Assessment and collection of Taxes) Rules 1999 vide G.O.Ms.No38 Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (PR1) Dept. dated 05/03/08 on the file of the 1st respondent and the consequential demand notice dated 27/01/2011 for a payment of Rs.1 51 238/- as House tax and Library cess for Door.Nos. 659 1A 4A 5A in ward no. 1 in Form 1 by Assessment No. 1816 on the file of the 4th respondent and quash them in so far as the petitioner school is concerned and direct the respondents to grant exemption for the payment of House tax to the petitioner school. For Petitioner : Mr.Fr.A.Xavier Arulraj For Respondents 1&2 : Mr.T.S.Mohammed Mohideen, Additional Government Pleader. For Respondents 3&4 : Mr.Pala.Ramasamy ORDER In this writ petition, the petitioner is an educational institution. Aggrieved by the action of the local panchayats levying house tax in respect of the building put up by the petitioner institution, they have come forward to file the writ petition. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 2.The issues raised in this writ petition are no longer res integra. It has been answered squarely by a Full Bench of this court presided by S.J.Mukhopadhaya, J. (as he then was) vide judgment in The President, K.Vellakulam Panchayat, Kallikudi Chatram, Madurai District Vs. Kamaraj College of Engineering and Technology reported in 2009 (5) CTC 289. 3.Even subsequent to the judgment of the Full Bench, another batch of writ petitions came to be filed challenging the vires of the amendment made to Rule 15(c) of the Tamil Nadu Panchayats (Assessment and Collection of Taxes) Rules, 1999. Those batch of writ petitions also came to be dismissed by this court in Kaamadhenu Arts and Science College Vs. The State of Tamilnadu and others in W.P.No.26999 of 2008, etc. batch cases, dated 30.07.2010. 4.In the light of the above, this writ petition is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the writ petition will stand dismissed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition stands closed. Sd ASST REGISTRAR ( AE ) /TRUE COPY/ SUB ASST REGISTRAR vvk/sms To 1.The Secretary Government of Tamil Nadu, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Fort St., George, Chennai.-09. 2.The District Collector, Pudukkottai District, Pudukkottai. 3.The Block Development Officer, (Village Panchayat) Block Development Office, Ponnamaravathy, Pudukkottai District. 4.The President/Executive Authority, Thottiyampatti Panchayat,Ponnamaravathy, Pudukkottai District. 1CC TO THE GOVT PLEADER SR: 38818: 1CC TO MR. FR. A. XAVIER ARULRAJ, ADVOCATE, SR: 39148: DM:2011:NOV:29: Writ Petition (MD)No.2161 of 2011 09.11.2011 2P:7C:: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/