https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342182 Municipal tax and penalty disputes are generally routed to the statutory appellate forum where the statute provides an efficacious remedy. A writ challenge to conservancy tax was not entertained because the dispute turned on the factual and legal validity of the levy under the municipal taxing provisions, and no exceptional ground justified bypassing appeal. Penalty or shasti under Section 267A was treated as an exaction to be determined and collected as if it were property tax, bringing it within the appellate scheme. The commentary states that writ relief should ordinarily be declined in such matters, leaving objections on merits to be pursued before the appellate authority. en-us Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:35:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342182 Municipal tax and penalty disputes are generally routed to the statutory appellate forum where the statute provides an efficacious remedy. A writ challenge to conservancy tax was not entertained because the dispute turned on the factual and legal validity of the levy under the municipal taxing provisions, and no exceptional ground justified bypassing appeal. Penalty or shasti under Section 267A was treated as an exaction to be determined and collected as if it were property tax, bringing it within the appellate scheme. The commentary states that writ relief should ordinarily be declined in such matters, leaving objections on merits to be pursued before the appellate authority. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 18 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=342182