Civil Writ Petition No. 5 of 2010 (O&M) 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 5 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 5.8.2010 M/s Bhardwaj Welfare Trust …Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and Another …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Himanshu Raj, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana, for respondent No.1. Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate for respondent No.2. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Civil Misc. No. 10305 of 2010 Civil Misc. Application is allowed. Replication is taken on record. Civil Writ Petition No. 5 of 2010 Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that the petitioner is a Charitable Trust, which is running a Charitable Hospital at Faridabad. The Income-tax Authority, after considering the character of the Trust, exempted the petitioner-Trust from income-tax liability vide assessment order dated 18.5.2009 (Annexure P7). Learned counsel further contended that a revision petition (Annexure P13) against the order of property tax levied on the petitioner-trust is pending before the Civil Writ Petition No. 5 of 2010 (O&M) 2 Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Department of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana, at Chandigarh and it is to be decided by the Revisional Authority as to whether the petitioner-Trust is entitled to exemption of house tax. It is further contended that the revision petition, which was filed in January 2010, has not been decided as yet and during the pendency thereof, the respondents were taking coercive steps to recover the house tax. He further submitted that in case the Revisional Authority is directed to decide the revision petition, within a stipulated time frame and till then the coercive action to recover the house tax is kept in abeyance, he will not press the present writ petition. Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate, appearing for respondent No.2, has no objection to the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. Accordingly, the Financial Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Department of Urban Local Bodies, Haryana, at Chandigarh, is directed to decide the revision petition (Annexure P13), within a period of one month, from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Till then, no coercive action shall be initiated, against the petitioner-Trust by the respondents to recover the house tax. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. A copy of this order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge August 5, 2010 “DK”