The Central Ware Housing Corporation vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 2 March, 2023
In the aforesaid judgment this Court has relied
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WP(MD)No.7953 of 2010
on the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Hotel
Corporation of India Vs State and Others, reported in
AIR 2001 Jammu and Kashmir Page 36 and in the
International Airport Authority of India Vs Municipal
Corporation of Delhi AIR 1991 Delhi page 302 and held
that the plaintiff (Central Ware Housing Corporation)
does not come within the purview of the building of
Central Government and therefore, the defendant is
empowered to levy taxes upon the plaintiff.
The petitioner Corporation has not preferred any
appeal against the said judgment and the same has
attained finality. Therefore, the plea of the
petitioner that they are Government of India
undertaking and they are exempted from paying tax is
not sustainable in law. The petitioner is only an
undertaking and therefore, the building does not
belong to the Government of India and therefore, the
petitioner is liable to pay the property tax.