ORDER

1. In this writ petition the petitioners have prayed for the issue of a writ in the nature of certiorari or any other appropriate order or direction quashing the order No. Tax/HQ/Spl. Cell/83-1948 dated August 4, 1983 issued by the Deputy Assessor and Collector of the Assessment and Collection Department of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi fixing the rate able value of the property of the petitioners at Rs 12,10,300 with effect from June 9, 1981 and the consequent bill 180/II dated August 4, 1983 served on the petitioners making a demand of arrears of Rs 14,07.328 as a composite amount of property tax, fire tax, water tax, scavenging tax and education tax and making any other order as the court deems fit. The first petitioner is a shareholder and company secretary of the company M/s Siddharth Intercontinental Hotels (India) Ltd. and the second petitioner is M/s Siddharth Intercontinental Hotels (India) Ltd. On October 26, 1987 we passed an order adjourning the case to November 2, 1987 to hear the learned counsel for the parties on the question whether the above petition under Article 32 of the Constitution should be decided by this Court or whether we should direct the petit