IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11234 of 2008 HAROON NAGAR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION SOCIETY LTD. HAROON NAGAR, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA- HAROON NAGAR, P.S. PHULWARISHARIF, DISTRICT PATNA. THROUGH ITS SECRETARY NAMELY ABID PERWEZ @ ABID PERWEJ SON OF LATE AYUB ANSARI, RESIDENT OF HAROON NAGAR COLONY, P.S. PHULWARISHARIF, DISTRICT- PATNA. …. PETITIONER. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, THROUGH THE SECRETARY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, NEW SECRETARIATE, PATNA. 2. THE COMMISSIONER OF NAGAR PANCHAYAT PHULWARISHARIF, THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN, P.S. PHULWARISHARIF, DISTRICT PATNA. 3. THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER NAGAR PANCHAYAT, PHUYLWARISHARIF, P.S. PHULWARISHARIF, DISTRICT PATNA. … RESPONDENTS. ----------- For Respondent No.3: Mr. Shekhar Singh, Advocate. 8. 20.12.2010 It is submitted on behalf of Sri S. Qaiser Hasan that he is engaged in the treatment of his mother and the matter be adjourned. I am not inclined to accept such request. In view of the fact that this petition was filed on 29.7.2008 by Mr. Hasan alongwith Syed Firoj Raza who is not even present to attend this case today. From the order sheet maintained in this case it appears interim order dated 23.1.2009 was passed restraining the authorities from realising the holding tax pursuant to the impugned notice and since thereafter the matter is being adjourned as would appear from the order dated 24.2.2009, 19.3.2009, 27.3.2009. On 4.8.2010, none appeared for the petitioner the matter was however passed over by way of last chance. Again as per 2 the request of learned counsel for Respondent nos. 2 and 3, the matter was adjourned on 6.9.2010. In view of repeated adjournment, I am not inclined to further adjourn the matter, the prayer for adjournment is, accordingly, refused. 3. Petitioner is a House Construction Society and by filing this writ petition the society has challenged the demand notice issued by the Phulwarisharif Notified Area Committee dated 8.11.1995, 8.8.1999, whereunder the individual resident of the society has been directed to pay the holding tax for the house raised and occupied by them. The demand notice has not been issued to the society as such in my opinion the writ petition by the society is not maintainable the individual resident(s) who have been served with the demand notice if so aggrieved may challenge the same in accordance with law. 4. The writ application stands dismissed. Ibrar/- ( V.N. Sinha, J)