https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200504 A statutory declaration that a house was insanitary was ultra vires because the authority applied a general policy standard from an official manual instead of the ordinance's specific test of whether the building was unfit for human habitation by reason of its construction or condition. The defects relied on were treated as matters of convenience or amenity, which did not satisfy that statutory threshold, so the declaration could not stand. A writ of prohibition was also not barred by the matter having been submitted to the Governor in Council, because the authority retained further statutory functions and the writ could still restrain remaining unlawful enforcement steps. en-us Mon, 31 May 1937 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 31 Mar 2018 11:31:59 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200504 A statutory declaration that a house was insanitary was ultra vires because the authority applied a general policy standard from an official manual instead of the ordinance's specific test of whether the building was unfit for human habitation by reason of its construction or condition. The defects relied on were treated as matters of convenience or amenity, which did not satisfy that statutory threshold, so the declaration could not stand. A writ of prohibition was also not barred by the matter having been submitted to the Governor in Council, because the authority retained further statutory functions and the writ could still restrain remaining unlawful enforcement steps. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 31 May 1937 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=200504