THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.17319 OF 2007 Dated: 24-09-2007 Between: M.Salamma …Petitioner and Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, (LIC Post Office), Hyderabad-63, rep. By its Commissioner and another. …Respondents THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE BILAL NAZKI AND THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NO.17319 OF 2007 Dated: 24-09-2007 Order: (Per The Hon’ble Sri Justice Bilal Nazki) Petitioner is the owner of flat bearing No.313 in Prasanthi Apartment, Anandnagar Colony, Khairatabad, Hyderabad. He received a property tax bill 2007-08 bearing Bill No.8866 dated 23-06-2007 from the respondent-Corporation. The property tax levied was Rs.14,700/- and the penalty on arrears was imposed in the amount of Rs.15,820/-. It is not known as to how this penalty was calculated. The tax of Rs.14,700/- has already been paid by the petitioner in terms of an interim order earlier passed by this Court on 14-08-2007. We feel that the matter pertaining to the payment of penalty can be decided by the second respondent- Deputy Municipal Commissioner. Therefore, let the petitioner make a representation before the second respondent-Deputy Municipal Commissioner, who shall decide the same in accordance with law. Till a decision is taken by the second respondent-Deputy Municipal Commissioner, the recovery of the penalty shall not be enforced. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. No costs. ___________________________ (Bilal Nazki, J) Dated 24th September, 2007 ____________________________ (Ramesh Ranganathan, J) lur