1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORIGINAL SIDE WRIT PETITION NO.2122 OF 2009 Saiprasad Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. .... Petitioners Vs. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai & Anr. .... Respondents S/Shri R.S. Apte, Senior Advocate i/b N.R. Bubna for the Petitioners. Ms G.S. Joglekar for the Respondents. CORAM: J.N. PATEL AND A.P. BHANGALE, JJ. DATED: MARCH 22, 2010 P.C: Heard. This petition can be disposed of at the admission stage itself. 2. The limited relief sought by the petitioners is for a direction against the respondents to consider the complaint/representation dated 29-3-2008, submitted by the petitioners to the respondents on 31-3-2008 and then to take a decision on merits in the matter of assessment in accordance with law. It is the case of the 2 petitioners that there has been a substantial change in the rateable value of the plot of the petitioner-Society prior to reconstruction and after the petitioners carried out construction of the ground and the first floors, the petitioner-Society was served with a notice in respect of the revision of the rateable value by the respondent-Corporation and the petitioners were informed that they may lodge complaint against the fixation of the rateable value within fifteen days from the service of the notice. Accordingly, the petitioners have lodged their complaint but it is the stand of the respondents that the complaint is lodged beyond the period of fifteen days, there being a delay of one day. 3. In our view, it will be proper on the part of the respondents to consider the complaint/representation lodged by the petitioner-society in response to the notice served by the respondents, revising the rateable value of the premises after construction of the ground and the first floors which is substantial in nature and then take a decision on merits and in accordance with law. We, therefore, dispose of this petition in terms of prayer clause (c), which reads as 3 under: c.For a writ of mandamus, for a writ in nature of mandamus and/or for any other appropriate writ, direction or order directing the Respondents to consider the complaint/representation dt. 29/3/2008 submitted by petitioner to respondent on 31/3/2008 on merits after hearing the petitioner and pass appropriate orders thereupon in accordance with law. J.N. PATEL, J. A.P. BHANGALE, J.