1. The writ petition impugns the order dated 2nd February, 1994 of the Joint Assessor & Collector of the respondent MCD fixing the rateable value of Property No.14, Community Centre, Zamrudpur, New Delhi at `5,19,080/- w.e.f. 20th September, 1990. It was the contention of the petitioner in the writ petition itself that the writ petition involving similar questions of law as raised in the present writ petition had been admitted by this Court. Notice of the writ petition was issued and the counsel for the respondent MCD on 14th July, 1994 agreed not to enforce the demand pursuant to the assessment aforesaid. After completion of the pleadings, Rule D.B. was issued on 13th February, 1995 and the operation of the impugned order stayed. On 25th March, 2010 the counsel for the petitioner stated that in the present writ petition there was no challenge to any provision of law but only to the order of assessment dated 2nd February, 1994 aforesaid and hence the matter was ordered to be listed before the Single Bench as per roster.

2. Though in the writ petition the rateable value assessed has also been challenged but the counsel for the petitioner has confined the argum