Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:74321-DB Chief Justice's Court Case :- WRIT TAX No. - 1957 of 2025 Petitioner :- Arvind Kumar Respondent :- State of U.P. and 3 others Counsel for Petitioner :- Jadu Nandan Yadav, Pranvesh Counsel for Respondent :- Abhinava Krishna Srivastava, Brijesh Kumar Mishra, C.S.C. Hon'ble Arun Bhansali,Chief Justice Hon'ble Kshitij Shailendra,J. 1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner aggrieved of the water tax bill dated 15.04.2024 amounting to Rs. 1,16,138/-. 2. Submissions have been made that the petitioner has been regularly paying water tax and there was no outstanding, however, the impugned bill has indicated a sum of Rs. 98,385/- as outstanding without indicating any basis. 3. Further submissions have been made that the petitioner has filed a representation, however, the same has not been dealt with and the demand is being pressed by the respondents. 4. A perusal of the representation made by the petitioner reveals that the same though questions the demand raised, but appears to be cursory in nature. 5. Consequently, the petition filed by the petitioner is disposed of. The petitioner may file a fresh detailed representation within 10 days with the respondents raising all the issues as raised in the present petition. It would be required of the competent authority i.e. respondent no. 3 to decide the representation to be filed by the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date the representation is made, by way of a speaking order. 6. Till such time that the representation made by the petitioner is decided, the demand raised qua the arrears shall not be enforced. Order Date :- 8.5.2025 Sandeep/AKShukla (Kshitij Shailendra, J) (Arun Bhansali, CJ) Digitally signed by :- SANDEEP KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad