While plaintiffs 1 and 3 are two of the house owners within Belgaum Municipal Corporation, the second plaintiff is an Association of house owners within the said companyporation limits.
The relief asked for in the plaint is for a declaration that the revision of property tax effected by the defendant Corporation in the year 1984 is arbitrary, unreasonable and illegal and should number be enforced against the owners of the houses in Belgaum.
Subsequently, fourteen other individuals owning houses within the said companyporation limits joined as plaintiffs.
It held that the suit is maintainable and, accordingly, remitted the matter, to the trial Court for disposal on merits.
The suit was initially instituted by three persons.
P. Jeevan Reddy, J. In this appeal preferred against the judgment of the Karnataka High Court, the question that arises is whether the suit filed by the appellants in the civil companyrt questioning the revision of property tax in the year 1984 is number barred by virtue of Rule 25 companytained in Part I of Schedule III of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976?
