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K.Suryanarayana, v. The Senior Accounts Officer,

2021-04-19Honourable Mr Justice S.M. Subramaniam2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.04.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM W.P.No.5572 of 2016 W.M.P.No.4904 of 2016 K.Suryanarayana ..Petitioner vs.

The Senior Accounts Officer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, New Area 0-7 Office, No.1, T.S.Krishnna Nagar, Ambattur, Chennai-600 037.

...Respondents

PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issue of a Writ of Certiorari to call for the records pertaining to the impugned notice dated 01.02.2016(unsigned) issued by the respondent and quash the same as illegal and arbitrary.

For petitioner : Mr.S.Sethuraman For Respondent : Mr.M.Jothikumar Standing Counsel for CMWSSB

O R D E R

The impugned notice dated 01.02.2016 is sought to be quashed in the present writ petition.

2. The impugned notice is regarding the payment of water and sewerage charges. The demand notice itself is challenged in the present writ petition.

3. The learned counsel appearing for the writ petitioner states that the petitioner filed M.T.A.No.8 of 2016 before the City Civil Court, Chennai and the City Civil Court, Chennai delivered a judgment on 27.08.2018, allowing the petition filed by the petitioner.

4. This being the factum, the respondents are bound to conduct an inspection and assess the charges to be paid with reference to the provisions of the Statute and the Rules inhttps://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

force. Accordingly, the writ petitioner is at liberty to submit all the documents to the respondents within a period of two weeks. On receipt of the same, the respondents are directed to assess the charges to be paid by the writ petitioner with reference to the subject property and pass final orders and communicate the same to the writ petitioner within a period of six weeks thereafter.

5. With these directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is also closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ssb To The Senior Accounts Officer, Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board, New Area 0-7 Office, No.1, T.S.Krishnna Nagar, Ambattur, Chennai-600 037.

+1cc to Mr.S.Sethuraman, Advocate, S.R.No.23578 W.P.No.5572 of 2016 CP(CO) KKV/02/06/2021 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/