IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8563 of 1990 (O&M) Date of decision:27.04.2011 Haryana State Electricity Board, Panchkula ...Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents II. Civil Writ Petition No.8455 of 1990 (O&M) Haryana State Electricity Board, Panchkula ...Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN ---- Present: None for the petitioner. Mr. Satbir Singh Goripuria, DAG, Haryana. Mr. O.P.Goyal, Senior Advocate, with Ms.Savita Tanwar, Advocate, for respondent-Municipality, Hissar. ---- 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No. 2. To be referred to the reporters or not ? No. 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? No. ---- K.Kannan, J. (Oral) Both the writ petitions relate to a challenge to the assessment of property tax levied for the year 1981 to 1985 and 1985 to 1989. There is no representation for the petitioners. Learned senior Civil Writ Petition No.8563 of 1990 (O&M) - 2 - counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent-Municipality, Hissar, states that even the increased tax had been paid by the petitioner. A validity of assessment about property tax cannot survive for consideration now at this length of time particularly when the petitioner had also accepted the enhancement and paid tax. The petitions are dismissed. The dismissal of the petitions will not in any way disable the petitioners from challenging the assessment to any current years if there is any ground made. This is merely by way of clarification that the dismissal of these petitions shall not be taken as disabling a party who could be otherwise aggrieved if any enhancement or increase in tax is sought to be made without reference to the legal provision. (K.KANNAN) JUDGE 27.04.2011 sanjeev