The Hindu 10.04.2013
Circle 10 tops property tax collection
Citizens living in the core areas of Khairatabad, Begumpet, Ameerpet,
Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Sanathnagar and the environs of circle 10
ensured that a record Rs.188.9 crore was collected as property tax in
2012-2013 from among the 18 circles.
It is followed by
Serlingampally (circle 11 & 12) with Rs.82 crore, Kukatpally (circle
14) with Rs.77.3 crore, Secunderabad (circle 18) Rs.71.79 crore and
L.B.Nagar (circle 3) Rs. 60.62 crore. The least amount collected was
from the smaller circle of Patancheru/Ramachandrapuram (circle 13)
Rs.3.36 crore followed by Alwal (circle 16) Rs.9.24 crore, Rajendranagar
Rs.12.43 crore and Uppal (circle 2) Rs.13.52 crore.
South zone
comprising the Old City areas of Charminar, Santoshnagar, Malakpet,
Dabeerpura, Moghalpura, Falaknuma, Begum Bazar, Doodhbowli and Attapur
had together collected about Rs.61 crore, a good Rs. 20 crore more when
compared to the year before i.e. 2011-2012. Altogether, the tax
collected for 2012-13 is Rs.756 crore as compared to Rs.574 crore, the
preceding year.
These details were presented before the meeting
held by GHMC Commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu on Monday. In the next three
months, the meeting decided to target property owners who had not paid
tax for the last four years.
Petitions
Each bill
collector would be given two assistants so as to ensure strict tax
compliance from commercial and higher middle class properties. Property
tax revision petitions would be taken up in all circles from April 15 to
May second week.
GIS mapping and door-to-door survey would be taken up for bringing the under and un-assessed properties into the tax net.
It
was also decided to speed up issuance of trade licences while the town
planning wing was asked to take up a campaign to warn citizens about
unauthorised constructions.
Core areas of the circle comprise Khairatabad, Begumpet, Ameerpet, Banjara Hills, Jubilee Hills, Sanathnagar.
