Summarize the following court judgment. ivil Appeal No. 480 of 1986. From the Judgment and Order dated 10.7.85 of the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Misc. Petition No. 1235 of 1984. D.N. Mukherjee and Ran jan Mukherjee for the Appellant. S.S. Khanduja	 Yashpal Dingra and Baldev Kishan for the Respondents. The Judgment of the Court w. as delivered by 146 K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY	 J. This appeal by leave from a judgment of the M.P. High Court concerns the scope of Sec tion 415 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956 ( 'the Act ' for short). The circumstances can be shortly stated. Within the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation limits	 there is a 'Mandi ' established under the M.P. Krishi Upaj Mandi Adhiniyam	 1973 ( 'Adhiniyam ') covering an area of 55 acres. It is enclosed by high boundary wall and is under the con trol and jurisdiction of the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samithi or otherwise called the Market Committee. Under Section 7 of the Adhiniyam	 the market Committee is a body corporate with power to provide facilities for regulation of buying and selling of agricultural produce and establishment of proper administration of the market. Section 7(3) of the Adhiniyam provides that notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment for the time being in force	 every market commit tee shall for all purposes	 be deemed to be a 'local author ity '. Inside the Mandi	 the market committee appears to have constructed office buildings	 shop complexes	 godowns	 market yards	 shades and other buildings. The Jabalpur Municipal Corporation assessed property tax in respect of the buildings within the Mandi area and also demanded safai tax	 water tax	 electricity charges	 development charges for the years 1980 81 to 198384. The market committee has re fused to pay the same and claimed that the corporation has no jurisdiction to levy and collect such taxes or charges. The Corporation did not agree with that claim and initiated proceedings to recover the dues. Challenging the action taken	 the Market Committee moved the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution for quashing the recovery proceedings. The High Court following an earlier decision arising under Section 334 of the M.P. Municipalities Act	 1961	 allowed the petition and quashed recovery proceedings. The High Court also directed the Corporation to take steps in accordance with Section 4 15 of the Act for resolving the dispute with the market committee. The order of the High Court reads as follows: "Section 415 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956 provides for adjudication of disputes between the Corpora tion and local authorities by the State Government on a reference made to it for this purpose. The corresponding provision in the M.P. Municipalities Act	 1961 is Section 334. In a similar situation	 where recovery proceedings had been commenced against a Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti	 like 147 the petitioner	 by the Municipal Council	 Gadarwara	 a Division Bench in Misc. Petition No. 994 of 1981 (Jawahar Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti	 Gadarwara and another) decided on 5.6.1983 quashed the recovery preceedings and directed the Municipal Council to take steps under section 334 of the M.P. Municipalities Act	 1961 for adjudication of the dis pute between itself and the Krishi Upaj Mandi Samiti. Since section 415 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956 is in pari materia with section 334 of the M.P. Municipalities Act	 1961 that decision has to be followed. Consequently	 this petition is allowed. The pending recovery proceedings against the petitioner are quashed and the respondent Municipal Corporation	 Jabalpur is directed to take steps in accordance with section 4 15 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956 for resolving its dispute with the petitioner. The parties shall bear their own costs. " In this appeal	 the Municipal Corporation	 Jabalpur has challenged the validity of the above order. Before us	 the core of the argument of learned counsel for the appellant is that the Market Committee is not a local authority either under the Municipal Corporation Act	 or under the M.P. General Clauses Act	 1957. It has been declared to be a local authority only for purposes of the Adhiniyam and that declaration could not be relevant for the purpose of Section 415 of the Act. The Market Committee unless it falls within the definition of 'local authority ' under the M.P. General Clauses Act	 1957	 the dispute under Section 415 of the Act could not be referred to the Govern ment. Counsel also referred to us the various provisions of the Act which confer power on the Corporation to levy and collect taxes and charges. Indisputably	 the respondent is not a local authority as defined under M.P. General Clauses Act	 1957. Section 2(20) of the said Act defines 'local authority ' to mean "a munici pal corporation	 municipality	 local board	 Janapad Sabha	 village panchayat	 or other authority legally entitled to	 or entrusted by the Government with the control of manage ment of a municipal or local fund. " Counsel for the respond ent however	 strongly relied upon Section 7(3) of the Adhi niyam which provides that the Market Committee shall be deemed to be a local 148 authority notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment. It seems to us that it is not necessary to express any opinion on this controversy and even if we assume in favour of the respondent that it is a local authority without deciding	 the recovery proceedings could not have been quashed by the High Court. And the Corporation could not have been directed to refer the dispute to the Government under Section 415 of the Act. Section 4 15 of the Act reads: "Disputes between Corporation and local authorities: If any dispute arises between the Corporation and any local authority as regards anything done or to be done under this Act	 it shall be referred to the Government for decision and such decision may include an order as to costs of any en quiry ordered by the Government	 and shall be final. Provided that it shall be competent to the Corpora tion and the local authority to agree in writing that any such dispute shall	 instead of being referred to the Govern ment for decision	 be referred to the decision of an arbi trator or arbitrators appointed under the 	 or to a civil court under Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure	 1908. " The Section is clear and provides that the disputes arising between the Corporation and local authority as regards anything done or to be done under the Act	 shall be referred to the Government for decision. It shall be compe tent also to the Corporation and local authority to agree in writing that any such dispute shall	 instead of being re ferred to the Government be referred to the decision of an arbitrator under the or to a civil court under Section 20 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The assess ment of tax or demand of any fees by the Corporation under the provisions of the Act could fall within the term "any thing done or intended to be done under the Act" as provided under Section 415. Even refusal of the Corporation to con sider the objections against assessment and recovery of tax or fees could also be considered as "anything done or in tended to be done under the Act". The question however	 is whether it would be obligatory for the Corporation in the event of the local authority refusing to pay taxes or fees to approach the Government or refer the dispute 149 to the Government for decision? The answer to the question should be in the negative. Section 4 15 does not provide that the Corporation has to move the Government when the local authority has refused to pay the tax or fees levied and demanded. There are also no rules framed by the Govern ment regulating the exercise of power under the Section and at any rate our attention has been drawn to no statutory rules framed under the section. The High Court however	 has followed its earlier deci sion arising under Section 334 of the Municipalities Act. There the dispute arose between the Gadarwara Municipal Council and Mandi Samiti Gadarwara as to the authority of the former to collect takes and charges from the latter. The Mandi Samithi was an authority constituted like the present Market Committee under Section 7 of the Adhiniyam and func tioning within the Municipal limits. It challenged the recovery proceedings initiated by the Municipal Council and moved the High Court for appropriate relief under Article 226 of the Constitution. The High Court quashed the recovery proceedings and directed the Municipal Council to approach the Government under Section 334 of the Municipalities Act to resolve the dispute. This decision	 we think	 overlooks the plain terms of Section 334 and even otherwise it is not relevant for operation of Section 415 of the Act. Section 334 of the M.P. Municipality Act	 1961 reads: "Dispute between Council and other local body: (1) In the event of any dispute arising between a Council and any other local authority established under any State Act on a matter in which they are jointly interested	 such dispute shall be referred to the State Government	 whose decision shall be final. " Under this Section the State Government has framed rules called "Madhya Pradesh Municipalities (Regulation of Rela tions between Councils and other local Authorities) Rules	 197 1". Rules 2 and 3 are in these terms: "Rule 2. Whenever a Council and any other authority are jointly interested in any matter	 such matter shall be settled amicably between them and where they do not come to a mutual agreement	 the matter shall be referred to the Collector. 150 Rule 3. The Collector shall then arrange a joint meeting of the Council and Local Authority and manage to bring about an amicable settlement. " The rules thus provide that the dispute in which the Council and local authority are jointly interested in any matter	 but not possible to settle the dispute mutually	 the matter shall be referred to the Collector. The Collector shall try to bring about an amicable settlement by arranging a joint meeting of both the authorities. Rules 4 and 5 are also relevant in this context and may be read: "Rule 4. If the talk for amicable settlement fails	 the Collector shah persuade the Council and the local authority to agree in writing to refer the matter to an arbitrator or arbitrators appointed under the and if they agree	 the matter shall be referred to such arbitrator or arbitrators	 as the case may be. Rule 5. When the Council and local authority do not agree to refer the matter to arbitration the Collector shall refer the matter to the State Government with his comments on it and the decision of the State Government shall be final. " Under Rule 5	 it would be for the Collector to refer the matter to the Government with his comments	 and not for the Municipal Council to approach the Government. By comparing the provisions of Section 415 of the Act with Section 334 of Municipalities Act	 it will be seen that the structure of the former is different from the latter. Section 4 15 speaks of dispute between the Corporation and local authority as regards anything done or to be done under the Act. And such a dispute shall be referred to the Govern ment for decision. Section 334 refers to a dispute on a matter in which the Municipal Council and local authority are jointly interested and it states that such dispute shall be referred to the State Government for decision. Section 334 does not refer to the dispute as regards "anything done or to be done under the Act. " Section 415 does not speak of any dispute in which the Corporation and the local authority are jointly interested. Secondly	 there are no rules framed for operation of Section 415 of the Act. In view of these differences the view taken by the High Court. That the Corporation must take steps to resolve the dispute cannot be justified. It has apparently no support 151 either from the terms of Section 4 15 or from any rules framed for the purpose. In the result	 we allow the appeal and reverse the judgment of the High Court. In the circumstances of the case	 there will be no order as to costs. T.N.A. Appeal allowed.

The appellant Corporation assessed property tax in respect of buildings belonging to the respondent Market Committee	 which refused to pay the same. Proceedings were commenced for recovery of the dues. The respondent moved the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution for quash ing the recovery proceedings. The High Court following its earlier decision arising under Section 334 of the M.P. Municipalities Act	 1961 allowed the petition	 quashed the recovery proceedings and directed the Corporation to refer the dispute to the Govern ment under Section 415 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956. Aggrieved by the aforesaid decision	 the Corporation	 appealed to this court. Allowing the appeal	 this Court	 HELD: 1. The assessment of tax or demand of any fees by the Corporation under the provisions of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956 could fail within the term "anything done or intended to be done under the Act" as provided under Section 415 of the Act. Even 145 refusal of the Corporation to consider the objections against assessment and recovery of tax or fees could also be considered as "anything done or intended to be done under the Act". But section 415 does not provide that the Corpora tion has to move the Government when the local authority has refused to pay the tax or fees levied and demanded. [148GH; 149A] 2. The structure of section 415 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956 is different from section 334 of the M.P. MuniCipalities Act; 1961. Section 415 speaks of dispute between the Corporation and local authority as regards anything done or to be done under the Act. And such a dis pute shall be referred to the Government for decision. Section 334 refers to a dispute on a matter in which the Municipal Council and local authority are jointly interested and it states that such dispute shall be referred to the State Government for decision. Section 334 does not refer to the dispute as regards "anything done or to be done under the Act. " Section 415 does not speak of any dispute in which the Corporation and the local authority are jointly inter ested. There are no rules framed for operation of section 415 while under section 334 the State Government has framed Rules. In view of these differences the view taken by the High Court that the Corporation must take steps to resolve the dispute cannot be justified. It has apparently no sup port either from the terms of section 415	 or from any rules framed for the purpose. Therefore	 the recovery proceedings should not have been quashed by the High Court. And the Corporation should not have been directed to refer the dispute to the Government under section 415 of the M.P. Municipal Corporation Act	 1956. [150F H; 151A] Jawahar Krishi Upaj Mandhi Samiti Gadarwara & Anr. vs Municipal Committee Gadarwara & Anr. Petition No. 994 of 1981 decided by the M.P. High Court on 5.5.1983	 distin guished.