The Hindu 23.05.2013
Civic body asks government departments to pay up
With nearly Rs. 9 crore of property tax due from
government agencies, for properties owned by various departments in the
city, the Tiruchirapalli City Corporation has taken steps to recover the
current and arrears due from them.
On Tuesday,
Corporation Commissioner V.P. Thandapani convened a meeting of officers
of various State and union government departments that owe money to the
civic body to impress upon them to pay up quickly.
Apart
from Rs. 6 crore of current demand, Rs. 3 crore of arrears in tax was
due from the Union and State government departments in the city.
Mr.
Thandapani clarified that union government departments have to pay
service charges to the corporation as per the Supreme Court directive
and union government circulars. He made it clear that exemption could
not be given for government buildings which were vacant. If the
departments concerned submitted written requests in this regard, action
would be initiated as per rules. He appealed to the officers to seek
financial allocations from their respective departments to pay up their
dues. If they failed to do so, the corporation would take up the matter
with the department heads or secretaries of the departments concerned,
he said.