The Hindu 10.08.2012
Tax defaulters beware
Exasperated by residents defaulting on their property
tax, the civic bodies are ready with a slew of measures to bring
defaulters under the net. North Delhi Municipal Corporation has decided
to take stern action against defaulters by making their name public with
drum beats and attaching properties and auctioning it.
At
a meeting on Thursday, North Delhi’s Chairman of the High Powered
Property Taxes Committee, Rajesh Bhatia, said the Delhi Government will
be approached to make “no dues certificates” compulsory at the time of
transfer of property and sanctioning plans for alterations of existing
property.
Earlier this week, the Standing Committee
of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation had also decided to shame
defaulters by hiring
“dhol wallahs”
to play outside the homes of defaulters.
At the
meeting, B. N. Singh, Assessor and Collector, had said that there was no
other option but to revert to traditional methods to recover taxes. The
Standing Committee was discussing ways to augment the income from
property tax, the biggest source of revenue for the civic body.
