MARGAO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, GOA vs M/S. ATLAS REALTORS . — C.A. No. 6612 - 6613/2002

Case Summary: Margao Municipal Council v. M/s Atlas Realtors (C.A. No. 6612-6613/2002) The Supreme Court partially allowed Margao Municipal Council's appeal against the High Court's judgment that invalidated the Council's fee levy notice dated 9.9.1991. The Court upheld the High Court's finding that the Council failed to follow Section 307 procedure of the Goa Municipalities Act before adding a fee schedule to the adopted Model Building Bye-Laws. However, the Supreme Court modified the High Court's order—holding that only the fee schedule addition was invalid, not the entire public notice. The Court backdated the judgment's operation to 12.2.2001 (original High Court decision date) to avoid financial crisis from retroactive fee invalidation, while maintaining individual reliefs granted to the respondents. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.