[Letter to Regional Transport Officer]

Summary

In this letter dated February 7, 1985, Minoo Masani returns a motor-vehicles tax bill to the Regional Transport Officer, Bombay, and requests its cancellation. The bill concerns Jeep No. MRG 2347 and covers February 1984 to January 1985, although Masani states that the vehicle had belonged to the Swatantra Party for election use in 1971 and had subsequently been sold.

Key points

• Masani disputes liability for Motor Vehicles Tax Bill No. 840201.
• The bill concerns Jeep No. MRG 2347 and covers February 1984 to January 1985.
• He states that the vehicle belonged to the Swatantra Party during the 1971 elections.
• He says the vehicle was sold after the elections to someone outside Bombay.
• Masani cites earlier communications to the transport office documenting the vehicle’s sale and ownership history.
• He returns the bill and asks that it be cancelled.