SHEILA DE Vs. KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Affidavit of service filed by the petitioner be kept on record.

(2.) The present writ petition has been preferred primarily praying for the following relief -

(3.) According to Mr. Banerjee, prior to determination of AV the petitioner was neither given any opportunity of hearing nor the calculation on the basis of which the AV had been determined, was supplied to her and she was kept in the dark about the procedure adopted by the authorities of KMC towards determination of AV. Prior to enhancement of AV from Rs.85,000/- to Rs.9,02,780/-, there was an obligation on the part of KMC authorities to grant an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. In support of such contention, Mr. Banerjee has placed reliance upon the provisions contained in Sections 182A, 186 and 188 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 (in short, KMC Act).