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House tax: MC mulling action against those whose cheques have bounced

Friday, 12 April 2013 00:00 administrator
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The Indian Express                     12.04.2013

House tax: MC mulling action against those whose cheques have bounced

In its bid to recover maximum house tax, the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is planning to file cases against owners of properties whose cheques have bounced.

As per sources, the maximum number — 90% — of bounced cheques are from Zone D where posh localities and shopping malls are located.

MC additional commissioner Davinder Singh said, "MC can also file criminal cases against parties whose house tax cheques have bounced. The option is open."

Sources said that a cheque of shopping mall on Ferozepur road had also bounced. The cheque amount ran into crores. However, the MC refused to disclose the name of the mall. The MC recovered Rs 91.71 crore as the house tax for 2012-13 till March 31.

 

BBMP’s improvement fee quashed

Thursday, 11 April 2013 00:00 administrator
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The Hindu                         11.04.2013

BBMP’s improvement fee quashed

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The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike’s attempt to collect crores of rupees as improvement fee from certain categories of property owners in the newly added areas has received blow for the second time with the High Court again quashing the revised sum of Rs. 550 per sq m of site/land.

The court declared that the fee was determined without systematic exercise as ordered by it last year and the method adopted to arrive at the amount does not give an impression that it was carried out in a fair and reasonable manner.

Justice A.S. Bopanna delivered the verdict while partly allowing 165 petitions filed by several individual land owners as well as developers having properties in Mahadevapura, Bommanahalli, Yelahanka and Rajarajeshhwri Nagar Zones.

The High Court in April 2012 had quashed the differential improvement fee fixed based on the dimension of the sites besides stating that improvement fee cannot be made as a precondition for registration, transfer, bifurcation and amalgamation of khatas.

 

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation collects Rs 261 crore

Wednesday, 10 April 2013 11:27 administrator
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The Times of India                  10.04.2013

Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation collects Rs 261 crore

PUNE: The property tax department of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) has collected revenue of Rs 261.03 crore in the 2012-13 financial year, surpassing its target.

Shahaji Pawar, assistant commissioner and chief of property tax department, said the department was set a target of Rs 250.19 crore, including Rs 196.19 crore as civic taxes and Rs 54 crore as state government taxes. "The department has surpassed the target by Rs 11 crore," he said.

He attributed it to the recovery of arrears from defaulters.

"The officers were directed to concentrate on those who had arrears of more than Rs 5 lakh. The clerks and divisional officers were told to focus on defaulters with arrears between Rs 1 and Rs 5 lakh. The employees went to individual homes. Seizure notices were also sent to big defaulters and many of them cleared their arrears in instalments."

"There are 15 divisional offices of the property tax department in the municipal limits. The department has sent appreciation letters to those which achieved 80 % of the targeted collection. Municipal commissioner Shrikar Pardeshi had directed the department to collect a fine of Rs 5,000 from the heads whose offices collect less than 60% of the target. Charholi division was among those fined," Pawar said.
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