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2019 (11) TMI 1634 - HC - Indian LawsExemption from Property Tax - charitable trust - HELD THAT:- In view of the orders passed by this Court in respect of the hospitals run by the very same petitioner-Trust, at different places in Tamil Nadu, it is evident that the petitioner is entitled to get the very same benefit in respect of their hospitals being run at Coimbatore as well as Salem. The respondents are not justified in refusing to grant such relief to the petitioner simply by stating that the petitioner-Trust are rendering free services only to 65% and by collecting fee from the other people. The petitioner has already explained in detail as to how the nominal fee collected from the other people are being used to cover the expenses of medicines and implements as well as for building more and more hospitals. The respondents are not in a position to explain and establish before this Court as to why the hospitals run by the very same petitioner-Trust covered in these writ petitions are to be treated differently to deny the benefit - writ petitions are allowed and the impugned orders are set aside. If any property tax is collected from the petitioner by the respondent-Corporation, the same shall be refunded to the petitioner, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order - decided in favor of petitioner.
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