[Letter to Mr N W Sawant]

Summary

In this letter dated 11 March 1975, M. R. Masani asks the Collector of Bombay to recognize that no motor vehicle tax is due on four jeeps formerly registered in his name while he was General Secretary of the Swatantra Party. He reports that inquiries through the Bharatiya Lok Dal office established that all four vehicles had been sold by May 1967, and identifies the purchasers and locations of the vehicles.

Key points

• Masani writes to the Collector of Bombay about motor vehicle tax assessed on four jeeps.
• He states that the jeeps were registered in his name until May 1967 in his capacity as General Secretary of the Swatantra Party.
• Information obtained from the Bharatiya Lok Dal office is presented as evidence that all four vehicles had been sold by May 1967.
• Two jeeps were sold to Associated Cement Companies Limited, one in Calcutta and one at its Chanda works.
• A third jeep was sold to Maharana Gayatri Devi of Jaipur and remained in Jaipur.
• The fourth jeep was sold to Tata Services Limited and subsequently transferred to the Iron and Steel Company Limited at Bhubaneswar.
• The letter encloses a copy of an August 1974 letter stating that the vehicles were out of Bombay and that no tax was due in respect of them.