BERJAYA HILLS RESORT BERHAD Pengarah Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Kerajaan Negeri Pahang

BERJAYA HILLS RESORT BERHAD Pengarah Pejabat Tanah dan Galian Kerajaan Negeri Pahang

Court held applicants filed judicial review within three months from effective notification (tax notices dated January 2023) so no time-bar; proclamation of Daerah Kecil Genting and Declaration of Township fell within the State Authority's jurisdiction and subsequent JUPEM perakuan (though dated later) remedied the...

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Citation
CB-25-1-04/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Parties
Applicant: AVETANI SDN BHD; Applicant: UNITED APPROACH SDN BHD; Applicant: BERJAYA HILLS BHD; Applicant: SUMLAND DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD; Applicant: BUKIT TINGGI RESORT BHD; Applicant: SEMANGAT CERGAS SDN BHD; Respondent: Pengarah Negeri, Pejabat Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Negeri Pahang
Court
High Court
Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Judgment Date
19 August 2024
Case Number
CB-25-1-04/2023 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Judgment
Outcome
application dismissed
Legal Topics
Judicial Review, Declaration (township), Land Tax Revision, Certiorari, Mandamus, Time Bar
Administrative Law Land Law Tax Law Procedural Law Judicial Review Declaration (township) Land Tax Revision Certiorari +2 more

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Parties

AVETANI SDN BHD

Applicant

UNITED APPROACH SDN BHD

Applicant

BERJAYA HILLS BHD

Applicant

SUMLAND DEVELOPMENT SDN BHD

Applicant

BUKIT TINGGI RESORT BHD

Applicant

SEMANGAT CERGAS SDN BHD

Applicant

Pengarah Negeri, Pejabat Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Negeri Pahang

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Judgment

  1. 1 whether application for judicial review was time-barred under Order 53/A.53 k.3(6) KKM 2012
  2. 2 whether proclamation declaring Subdistrict/Township (Daerah Kecil Genting) and Declaration of Township (Warta No.2501) complied with section 11( d) National Land Code
  3. 3 whether JUPEM approval must precede gazettement or can follow and effect validity

Ratio Decidendi

Court held applicants filed judicial review within three months from effective notification (tax notices dated January 2023) so no time-bar; proclamation of Daerah Kecil Genting and Declaration of Township fell within the State Authority's jurisdiction and subsequent JUPEM perakuan (though dated later) remedied the technicality so gazette was not rendered void; revision of land tax was within powers conferred by section 101 read with section 14 and effected through State processes and gazette amendments (Phg. P.U.54/2019 and Phg. P.U.1/2023); no legal basis established to treat decisions as ultra vires or procedurally unfair, therefore judicial review applications dismissed.

Court Disposition

application dismissed

Orders

  • Application for judicial review dismissed as to CB-25-2-04/2023 and related matters CB-25-1-04/2023, CB-25-3-04/2023, CB-25-4-04/2023 and CB-25-5-04/2023