SINGH, J. : - This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution raises a question as to the validity of the fee imposed by Bye-law 7 of the Building Permission (Fees, Composition Fee) Bye-laws, 1973, of the Municipal Corporation, Raipur.

2. The petitioner has filed this petition as a guardian of his minor son. An application was made to the Corporation on behalf of the minor for permission to construct a building. As a prerequisite to the grant of permission, the petitioner was required to pay to the Corporation Rs. 225/- as fee payable under the bye-laws. The petitioner contends that the Madhya Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956, which is the relevant Statute, does not authorise the Corporation to charge any fee for grant of building permission, that the provisions under which the bye-laws purport to have been made do not refer to any fee and that the impost is a tax in the garb of fee. The petitioner prays that the bye-laws be quashed and that a direction be issued to the Corporation to refund the fee collected from the petitioner. The Corporation in its return has justified the imposition of the fee under Section 366 (3) of the Act. The Corporation denies that th