The High Court · 2025

Counsel for the Appellants: SRI V M M CHARY Counsel for the Respondents: SRI MIDDE ARUN KUMAR (S I For GHMC) The Court made the following: JUDGMENT ffi'- / IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD THE HON'BLE SMT. JUSTICE RENUKA YARA CIVIL MISC ELLANEOUS SECOND APPEAL No.26 of2025 24th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2025 Bct$'ecn: \irs. Fouzia Khatla, Hvderabad and others AND TI'rc Commissioner, GHMC, Hr.'derabad and another. appellar-r t s respondents JUDGMENT: Heard Mr. V.M.M.Chary', learned counsel lor the appellants anrl Mr'. Midde Arun Kumar, iearned standing counsel for the respondents. Perused the record. '2. 'l'his Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal is filed aggrieved by the -ludgment and decree dated 15.07.2025 passed in M.A. No. 47 of 2025 by the learned Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court at Hyderabad (for short, 'the First Appellate Court'). 2 R ):.,' ClulSA 2rt 2O:1;,

3. The GHMC ofhcials have assessed propertv r z x for the propertv beionging to rl.rc appella,ts i.e., H.No.l3_6_826la /3, plot No.5, r, Survey No. 5o3/A, .\ttapur Village. Rajcn f .ilnilqar l\4anci:tl, IJvderabad 'l'hcn C H \I(. ,ssrrc.c1 notice dater.l l0 () L'Or r; lor par rncn t ol propertr. tirx of Rs.19,22,219 / _. Aggrieved : . the same, the appcllants prelirr-cd rhe \1.A. No 47 of 2025 belor r l-re [rirst Appeliatc. Co urt.

4. The Irirst Appellate Courr has allou,ecl the 11 A. bl,passing the loilou,ing judgmer., t: .t.he .bU "11. In ti.t. tu:sLtli, ihe ctltpcal is partly allLtu t t,. impugned cl,:rnan.d n.ttce, (Lt. l O.03.2O2i isst,c r bu Lhr: responrlent C.orporation, |s hu.eb11 set aside. Hot . t rcr. the matter is renulLed bctr:k Lo thc: responrlent corporat r ., uith a directlon tt) re rrs.se.s-s the propeng fix bt tcLklng nleasurem.et) i:; oJ- tlte appeai scheduLe propertlt nd also a-sse-ss .r n rr r/ tl.toizecl crnstrt.ttlion under ,section )-t .\ rtI tlrc praLtcl;tlq rc,ost)nt1l)[e opportunl! of perso,t , he,tinc.1 Act, .to tlrc appciLtnLs ortrl cft.s1;o-se o1 tfu, ob1ect.r,,,, ;J ,.;:; app-ellants a'ttl tlten /)o.ss osse.s.snl en.t orders in a( :t)rddnce u.tith procedttt r:, on conclition ttut the appellant:; : L.alL pag 70% of the a.ntount den'utn<7ed in the impugncti detnand not.rce i:t.? tl . .l.crount of CHMC, u.,ithi ttuo ntintk: li.onl. tlte clate oJ this pdgment On receipt of the said_ L;r t )ilnl, the aforesaid e-i'r,rli.se shall be cont.pleted ltLl the ,:,:ond.ent Corporutiort r.t.ithin tltt,e nutnLhs. .t.here sin.lt. l:e ,., t ctrcler as to costs. "

5. The appellants have rtrspecl to dirccri66 16 p21 -[ challenged the impugr ed judgment wrth 7otl6 on the remainirr ? amount i.e., after (r, : batim reproducecl) 3 RY,J .MSA 26 .2025 deducting the said amount within two months from the date of the judgment.

6. Le;rrned counsel lbr the appellants submitted that such a clirection r't ould c'zrttse pre-judice to their rights u'hen the matter is considered afrcsh bv the Municipal Authoritics lor re-assessment of \ \ Property Tax.

7. Learned standing counsel for the respondents-GHMC conceded that no such diri'ction lor clc'positing of thc amount is made at the time of disposal of the main appeal and that the order of such a nature is passed at the time of moving the Municipal Appeai along rvith the lnterlocutory Application lor grant of star'.

8. Having regard to the concerns rarsed by the appellants about their rights being prejudiced during re-assessment, since the matters have been remanded back to the Municipal Authorities for fresh re assessment, the directron ro deposit 7 Otl'o ol amount of impugned order is liable to be set aside.

9. The Civil Miscellaneous Second Appeal is Allowed. The impugned judgment and decree dated 15.07.2025 passed in M.A. No. 47 of 2025 by the learned Chief Judge, City Small Causes Court at Hyderabad, is 4 R,',"i L:t\4SA 26 2A25 set aside. The matter rs remancled back to the i,rt nicipal Authorities [or fresh re ztssr.ssmeltt. l'herc sl.rall be no order as ] costs. Miscellaneous Petitions, if anv penditrg, sha11 ,1 and closed ,TRUE COPY' S t /- R.KARTHIKEYAN €rllEgqlsrRAR- _/__ t SECTION OFFICER To,

1. The Chief Judge City Small Causes Court, at Hyderab:r, 2 One CC 1o Sri V M M Chary, Advocate tOpUCl 3 One CC to Sri Mrdde Arun Kumar (SC FOR GHIMC), l\( \ lcate [OpUC] 4 Two CD Copies N BK /I'SI- HIGH COURT DATED: 2411212025 I JUDGMENT CMSA.No.26 of 2025 riRo( -*k n I , rB 2fl2E z i) l\s Sr ^TC +. ( ALLOWING THE CMSA b b "$,