The PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the non-agricultural (NA) tax levied by the state government came up for hearing before the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court on April 4. Of the seven prayers, the state in its reply said that five prayers by the petitioners (housing federations) were already accepted. The HC has now asked the petitioners to withdraw their PIL and file a fresh one highlighting the two major points - a) Constitutional validity of levying NA tax in metro cities and b) abolishing NA tax in entire Navi Mumbai, as it is leasehold land.

The Maharashtra State Co-op Housing Federation Ltd along with the District Housing Federation had decided to file a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Bombay High Court in the early weeks of March 2022, challenging the constitutional validity of the state levying non-agricultural (NA) Tax.