Arunkumar Narayanachar Thattar V. Union of India and The Principal Secretary to Prime Minister and Finance Minister and Principal Secretary to FM and The Secretary Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance and State of Karnataka and State of Karnataka represented by Chief Secretary and Chief Secretaries of all the States and The Principal Secretary to the Finance Minister of the States and Department of Income Tax and Principal Director General of Income Tax (Legal and Research) and Director General of Income Tax (Vigilance)/CVO and Office of the GST Council Secretariat

WP/42/2023

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The case involves a writ petition filed by Arunkumar Narayanachar Thattar against multiple respondents including the Union of India and various state and central government officials. The petitioner sought a permanent injunction to direct government agencies to come up with more feasible solutions regarding unspecified issues. During the preliminary hearing, the court noted the absence of essential documents required to substantiate the claims made in the petition. Consequently, the petitioner, representing himself, requested to withdraw the petition with the liberty to file a more comprehensive one later. The court granted this request and disposed of the petition accordingly.

• Counselvise Citation: [2023] 140 COUNSELVISE.COM (IT) 803914 (HC-KARNATAKA)
• Appeal Type: Others
• Pronouncement Date: 21-02-2023
• Assessment Year: misc
• Laws Referred To: Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India
• Result in Favour of: Others
• Court: HIGH COURT
• Department Lawyers: SHANTHI H; S S MAHENDRA
• Assessee Lawyers: ARUNKUMAR T
• Keywords: Permanent injunction; Writ petition; Feasible Solution

Judgement Text

" - 1 - WP No. 42 of 2023 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR PRASANNA B. VARALE, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE ASHOK S.KINAGI WRIT PETITION NO. 42 OF 2023 (T-RES-PIL) BETWEEN: ARUNKUMAR NARAYANACHAR THATTAR AGED ABOUT 47 YEARS. POSTAL ADDRESS: NO. H304, 3RD FLOOR, H BLOCK, GAANA RIDDHI APARTMENT, NAGADEVANAHALLI, BANGALORE-560 056. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. ARUNKUMAR N. T., PETITIONER IN PERSON) AND: 1. UNION OF INDIA REP. BY ADDITIONAL SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA, KARNATAKA HIGH COURT PREMISES, DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-560 001. 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO PRIME MINISTER PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE, ROOM NO. 148-A, SOUTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI-110 011. Digitally signed by R DEEPA Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - WP No. 42 of 2023 3. FINANCE MINISTER ROOM NO. 134, NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI-110 001 4. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO FM ROOM NO. 136-A, NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI-110 001 5. THE SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ROOM NO. 128-A, NORTH BLOCK, NEW DELHI-110 001. 6. STATE OF KARNATAKA REP. BY ADVOCATE GENERAL OF KARNATAKA, KARNATAKA HIGH COURT PREMISES, DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-560 001. 7. STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY CHIEF SECRETARY, VIDHANA SOUDHA, AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-560 001. 8. CHIEF SECRETARIES OF ALL THE STATES THROUGH ADDITIONAL SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA, KARNATAKA HIGH COURT PREMISES, DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-560 001. 9. THE PRINCIPLE SECRETARY TO THE FINANCE MINISTER OF THE STATES THROUGH ASSISTANT SOLICITOR GENERAL OF INDIA, KARNATAKA HIGH COURT PREMISES, DR. B. R. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-560 001. - 3 - WP No. 42 of 2023 10. DEPARTMENT OF INCOME TAX MEMBER (TAX PAYER SERVICES), NO. 9002, AAYKAR BHAWAN, VAISHALI, GAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH – 201019. 11. PRINCIPAL DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INCOME TAX (LEGAL AND RESEARCH), NO. 9002, AAYKAR BHAWAN, VAISHALI, GAZIABAD, UTTAR PRADESH – 201019. 12. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF INCOME TAX (VIGILANCE)/CVO NO. 9002, AAYKAR BHAWAN, VAISHALI, GAZIABAD UTTAR PRADESH – 201019. 13. OFFICE OF THE GST COUNCIL SECRETARIAT 5TH FLOOR, TOWER II, JEEVAN BHARTI BUILDING, JANPATH ROAD, CONNAUGHT PLACE, NEW DELHI-110 001. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. SHANTHI BHUSHAN H., DSG FOR R1 TO R4 SRI. S.S. MAHENDRA, AGA FOR R5, R6, R7 AND R9) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT / ISSUE PERMANENT INJUNCTION TO ALL THE CONCERNED GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO COME OUT WITH MORE FEASIBLE SOLUTION AND ETC. THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING THIS DAY, CHIEF JUSTICE, MADE THE FOLLOWING: - 4 - WP No. 42 of 2023 ORDER After hearing the party-in-person and on perusal of the documents placed on record, it reveals that certain basic documents are missing. The party-in-person seeks leave of the Court to withdraw the writ petition (PIL) with liberty to file a proper and comprehensive writ petition. 2. Submission is accepted. Leave granted. 3. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed as withdrawn, with the above said liberty. Sd/- CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- JUDGE RD "