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VAIBHAVI D. NANAVATI
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited – Appellant
Versus
State Of Gujarat – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The petitioner herein is a registered company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and is involved in the mining, exploration and processing of oil and natural gas. The petitioner company has been functioning in the Hazira Industrial Belt, Surat since the year 1984. By way of present petition, the petitioner seeks to challenge the action of the respondent authority whereby, the respondent authority has ordered to charge and collect water tax to the tune of Rs.24,64,784/-. Being aggrieved by the aforesaid action initiated by the respondent authority, the petitioner herein has approached this Court seeking following reliefs:
(b) Declare that the basis on which the respondent is seeking to revise the water charges payable by the petitioner are totally illegal and untenable;
(c) Direct the respondent to refund the drinking water
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