“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.