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Municipal property-tax records — Bombay HC 2024

Ward-wise property-tax revenue aggregates are §4[1][b]; individual owner billing requires §11. Municipal revenue aggregates are open; individual tax bills are.

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 +{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(Municipal property-tax records — Bombay HC 2024,Bombay High Court RTI,RTI §4,RTI §8,BMC,property tax,section 4(1)(b),section 11,municipal revenue)&metatag-description=(Ward-wise property-tax revenue aggregates are §4[1][b]; individual owner billing requires §11. Municipal revenue aggregates are open; individual tax bills are.)}}
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 +====== Municipal property-tax records — Bombay HC 2024 ======
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 +**Bombay High Court** · 2024-03-28 · 2024 SCC OnLine Bom 1123
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 +**Ward-wise property-tax revenue aggregates are §4[1][b]; individual owner billing requires §11. Municipal revenue aggregates are open; individual tax bills are.**
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 +//Municipal revenue aggregates are open; individual tax bills are §11-gated.//
 +
 +===== Case details =====
 +
 +^ Court | Bombay High Court |
 +^ Decided | 2024-03-28 |
 +^ Citation | 2024 SCC OnLine Bom 1123 |
 +^ Bench | G, ., S, .,  , K, u, l, k, a, r, n, i, ,,  , J, i, t, e, n, d, r, a,  , J, a, i, n,  , J, J |
 +^ Petitioner | Mumbai Citizens Forum |
 +^ Respondent | BMC |
 +^ RTI Act sections | §4(1)(b), §8(1)(j) |
 +^ Outcome | partly allowed |
 +
 +===== Outcome =====
 +
 +Ward-wise property-tax revenue aggregates are §4(1)(b); individual owner billing requires §11.
 +
 +===== Ratio decidendi =====
 +
 +Ward-wise, category-wise property-tax collection data of a Municipal Corporation is public-finance information falling within §4(1)(b)(xi). Individual property-owner billing attracts §8(1)(j) and §11 third-party process. Defaulter lists above a notified threshold have been held disclosable as public interest.
 +
 +===== Keywords =====
 +
 +BMC, property tax, section 4(1)(b), section 11, municipal revenue
 +
 +===== Similar cases in the corpus =====
 +
 +//These rulings have the closest editorial ratio to this case — computed by tf-idf cosine similarity over ratio, keywords and Act sections. Useful starting points if you are researching the same point of law.//
 +
 +  * [[/cases/cic-rti-property-tax-assessment-2020|Property-tax assessment records — CIC]] (CIC 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/delhi-hc-rti-tax-returns-2020|Tax returns of public servants — Delhi HC]] (HC-DEL 2020)
 +  * [[/cases/hc-tripura-rti-civil-works-2022|Civil works contract records — Tripura HC]] (HC-TR 2022)
 +  * [[/cases/sic-tn-municipal-works-2021|Municipal works records — Tamil Nadu SIC]] (SIC-TN 2021)
 +  * [[/cases/allahabad-hc-rti-land-records-2017|Land records & mutation — Allahabad HC]] (HC-UP 2017)
 +
 +===== Related =====
 +
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?court=HC-BOM|All Bombay High Court rulings in the corpus]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=4|All RTI cases turning on §4]]
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/cases/search?section=8|All RTI cases turning on §8]]
 +  * [[:cases:search|Full case-law search]]
 +  * [[:cases|Case-Law Database — overview]]
 +  * [[:pio-rti-reply-guide|PIO RTI Reply Guide]]
 +  * [[:act|The RTI Act, 2005 — annotated]]
 +  * [[https://indiankanoon.org/doc/placeholder-hc-bom-ptax-2024/|External reported text →]]
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 +<WRAP center round alert 95%>
 +**Editorial summary, not a certified report.** The ratio here is an editorial compression. Before citing this ruling in a PIO order, FAA speaking order, or any appellate filing, **verify against the full reported decision**. RTI Wiki is not a legal service.
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 +//Editorial summary · last reviewed 21 April 2026.//
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 +{{tag>case-law court-hc-bom section-4 section-8}}