Appeal from the judgment and order dated February 18, 1970, of the Gujarat High Court in Special Civil Application No.
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal No.
Prior to its enactment the Bombay Municipal Act 1901, as applied to Saurashtra, was in force in that region of the present State of Gujarat.
387 of 1968.
1059 of 1970.
N. Shroff, for the respondent.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Grover, J. This appeal by certificate arises out of a writ petition filed by the respondent which is a Society registered under the Bombay Cooperative Societies Act 1925 challenging the companylection of octroi by the appellant which is the Una Nagar Panchayat.
The appellant is a local body companystituted under the Gujarat Panchayat Act 1961, hereinafter called the Act, which came into force with effect from April 1, 1963.
V. Patel and Vineet Kumar, for the appellant.
