: 1 : IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.8282 OF 2006 WRIT PETITION NO.8282 OF 2006 WRIT PETITION NO.8282 OF 2006 Sahakar Agencies Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. .. Petitioner. Versus The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. & Ors. .. Respondents. Mr.C.M.Korade with Mr.Girish Kulkarni i/b.Mrs.Swati Deshpande for the petitioner. Mr.P.P.Chavan i/b.Little & Co. for respondent No.1. Mr.R.S.Apte for respondent Nos.2 and 3. Mr.Ravi Kadam, Advocate General with Mr.S.R.Nargolkar, A.G.P. for respondent No.4. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH & R.Y. GANOO, JJ. R.Y. GANOO, JJ. R.Y. GANOO, JJ. DATE : 19th June, 2008. DATE : 19th June, 2008. DATE : 19th June, 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. The petitioner, who was given a contract by the respondent No.2 Bhiwandi Nizampur Municipal Corporation for collecting octroi during the year 2004-2005 has filed this petition for directing the respondent No.1 Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Pvt.Ltd. to pay octroi to the petitioner because according to the petitioner, electricity which is brought in by the respondent No.1 within the limits of the Corporation is chargeable to octroi. 2. We have grave doubt whether octroi can be charged on electricity. However, even assuming that it is so, it : 2 : was for the petitioner to take steps in accordance with the provisions of the Corporation Act, under rules framed thereunder to recover octroi and follow the remedies which are provided in the Act. A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India without following or adopting any of the remedies under the Act and Rules cannot be entertained. 3. Petition is, therefore, disposed off. (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (D.K. DESHMUKH, J.) (R.Y. GANOO, J.) (R.Y. GANOO, J.) (R.Y. GANOO, J.)