CWP No. 18114 of 1991 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 18114 of 1991 Date of decision : 07.03.2011 Deepak Theatre ....Petitioner versus Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MEHINDER SINGH SULLAR Present: Mr. J.P. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. R.S. Rawat.A.A.G., Punjab for respondent No 1 Nemo for respondent Nos. 2 & 3. **** M ehinder S ingh S ullar, J. (Oral) The epitome of facts, which needs a necessary mention for the limited purpose of deciding the core controversy, involved in the instant writ petition and emanating from the record, is that the house tax of the petitioner was assessed by the Municipal Committee, Dhuri-respondent No. 3 (for brevity “respondent- Committee”) at the rate of ` 50,000/- per annum. The objection petition filed by the petitioner was dismissed and the assessment already done was restored, vide impugned order dated 01.10.1986 (Annexure P1). The appeal filed by the petitioner was also dismissed by the Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur (exercising the power of Deputy Commissioner) (Appellate Authority), by means of impugned order dated 29.11.1990 (Annexure P2) 2. The petitioner did not feel satisfied and preferred the instant writ petition, challenging the impugned orders (Annexures P1 & P2), invoking the provisions of Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India. 3. What is not disputed here, is that the petitioner has challenged the CWP No. 18114 of 1991 -2- assessment of house tax assessed, vide impugned order dated 01.10.1986 (Annexure P1). Much water has now been flown during the pendency of the writ petition. It is not a matter of dispute that the house tax of the property in question has subsequently been repeatedly revised and the petitioner has already paid the revised tax to the respondent-Committee. Once the subsequent assessed house tax has already been paid by the petitioner, in that eventuality, the instant writ petition naturally becomes infructuous, as urged on behalf of the respondents. 4. In this view of the matter, the instant writ petition is hereby dismissed as having become infructuous. (Mehinder Singh Sullar) Judge March 07, 2011 G.Arora Whether to be referred to reporter?Yes/No