“Citizens of Greater Hyderabad should submit their Voluntarily
Disclosure of Property Tax forms in Citizen Service Centres (CSCs) at
Circle offices or on the GHMC website before August 31”, GHMC
commissioner MT Krishna Babu said.

Addressing the media at GHMC
head office on Monday after the Prajavani programme, the commissioner
said that a detailed survey with regard to property tax assessments is
underway within GHMC limits and urged the citizens to disclose the
property tax of un-assessed properties. Failure to comply would result
in three years of property tax being levied as a penalty amount along
with  penal action against non tax payers.

He appealed to all the
non tax payers within the GHMC jurisdiction limits to avail the last and
final opportunity for disclosing property tax. He also said that
availing the civic services without paying property tax will be a crime
as per law. “Every citizen must come forward to pay the property tax to
avail improved civic works”, he added.

The commissioner said that
the business establishments and shopping malls will be giving incentives
to consumers who bring their own bags from July 1 as per GHMC
instructions.

The business establishments have also been told to
display the rates of the plastic carry bags (of above 40 microns), and
appealed to the citizens to carry their own bags and get incentives
(deduction of cost of the bag from total bill) from the business
establishments to have a pollution free environment.