Indian Express 31.12.2009
Rs 38-lakh house tax recovered from Ansal Plaza traders
The Municipal Corporation, which had sealed seven shops in Ansal Plaza on Tuesday for the non-payment of house tax, has recovered Rs 38 lakh from the five shopowners. Creative Line and MI International, which have yet to pay the tax, are still closed. In order to take the defaulters to task, the house tax branch of the municipal corporation has served notices to more than 100 dairy owners in the Haibowal Complex from who more than Rs 60 lakh house tax is pending. Except for a few, a majority of the dairy owners have not paid tax even once. Zonal Commissioner P S Ghuman has asked them to pay the tax by Monday or face action. Today, two dairy owners also deposited about Rs 50,000 tax, revealed information. A delegation of dairy owners also met the zonal commissioner seeking more time but January 4 is the last date to pay the tax, said the zonal commissioner.
