The Times of India 20.07.2017
After closure order from Madras HC, property tax remittance by Koyambedu shops touches Rs 1.36 crore in a single day
CHENNAI: Property tax payment to the tune of Rs 1.36 crore poured into the coffer of the Chennai Corporation in a single day from the shop owners in Koyambedu market, after the Madras high court ordered closure of 729 defaulting shops.
On Tuesday, Justice N Kirubakaran censured the higher officials of the
corporation for “deliberately failing” to collect property tax to the
tune of Rs 2.48 crore for the shops in Koyambedu market and directed the
authorities to seal 729 defaulting shops.
The judge passed the interim order on a plea moved by the shop owners
assailing the property tax demand made by the corporation from 1996 to
2015.
After the news broke about the closure order, defaulting shop owners
started remitting the tax arrears which totalled Rs 1.36 crore in a
single day.
When the plea came up for hearing on Thursday, the authorities filed a
report on the developments and submitted that they have also sealed 39
shops which were still found to be defaulting tax payment. The officials
sought some more time for further action.
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need many Judges in line with Judge Kirubakaran of Chennai High Court.
Interim closure order of 729 shops at Koyambedu for non payment of tax
to City Corporation. The Judge proclaimed that the civ… Read More
During earlier hearings, the judge also pulled up the officials for
not revising the tax since 1998 despite the fact that the City Municipal
Corporation Act, 1919 mandates such revision once in four years.