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Oct deadline to collect pending property tax

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:48 administrator
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Indian Express   24.08.2010

Oct deadline to collect pending property tax

sharvaripatwa Tags : property tax, Corporation Posted: Mon Aug 23 2010, 01:34 hrs

 Mumbai:  With the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) set to implement the new property tax system, the civic body’s assessment and collection department has been given a deadline to clear pending tax settlements.“We have been asked to wrap up maximum outstanding tax cases by October,” said V D Pandere, assessor & collector.

The assessment & collection department has over two lakh pending cases on August 2, 2010, and over Rs 5,470 crore has to be collected in property tax. “The maximum amount of money is stuck in court cases,” said a senior official.

The cases stuck in litigation cannot be settled but the BMC can settle cases of complaint against rateable value, complaint against rateable value leave licence, dues from other departmental pending adjustment, property tax disputes, dues against court receiver among others”, said the official.

“To clear pending cases, the ward officials have been given extra powers,” said Pandere.

“The assessor & collector at the ward level has been given the additional power of investigation officer to settle the case if the amount is upto Rs 50 lakh. Also, assistant municipal commissioner of every ward has been given the power to resolve cases up to Rs 1 crore,” said Pandere.

“The power to handle cases, which involve amounts above Rs one crore, has been given to the deputy municipal commissioner”. We will try to clear as many cases as possible since all the possible balance should be cleared, he said.

Meanwhile, as the property tax bills which were supposed to be sent according to the old rateable value system have still not been dispatched. With the BMC staring at possible cash crunch, the settlement of old cases might come as a relief. The proposal to send property tax bills to residents according to the old rateable value system was sent to the Urban Development Department (UD) almost three months ago, but an official nod is still awaited, said a senior official. The yearly property tax collection are down by over 70 per cent this year, compared with collections last year this time”, said an official. The civic body had planned to send property tax bills to residents based on the old system as the shift from the old to new system is expected to take a few months. It had been proposed that the BMC should use the new capital value-based property tax structure to tax property owners. The new system will be based on the actual property value.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:52
 

Pimpri gets 5 Pay Points to pay bills

Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:41 administrator
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Indian Express    24.08.2010

Pimpri gets 5 Pay Points to pay bills

Express News Service Tags : corporation, water bill Posted: Sat Aug 21 2010, 05:59 hrs

 Pune:  On Information Technology Day on Friday, the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) inaugurated five Pay Points to pay property tax and water bills. “Later, people will also be able to pay electricity bills and telephone bills atthe Pay Points. More such Points will soon come up across the town,” Municipal Commissioner Asheesh Sharma said. The PCMC is also issuing birth and death certificates online. It also started the Centralised Grievance Redress Cell for receiving complaints about civic inadequacies from citizens. An initiative of the civic chief, the Pay Points have been styled on the ones in London. C-DAC executive director Hemant Darbari inaugurated the facility. Mayor Yogesh Behl was also present on the occasion.

 

Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 10:43
 

Pay and park proposed on Devaraj Urs Road

Thursday, 19 August 2010 07:17 administrator
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The Hindu      19.08.2010

Pay and park proposed on Devaraj Urs Road

Shankar Bennur

The road has bays for parking nearly 200 cars


Respite soon:The system, proposed only for four-wheelers, may be introduced by Dasara.

MYSORE: Scrambling to get “premium” parking space on D. Devaraj Urs Road, the city's shopping hub, will soon be a thing of the past as an e-based automated pay and park system has been proposed.

The system, proposed only for four-wheelers, may be introduced by Dasara. The Mysore City Corporation (MCC) has reportedly invited tenders from competent agencies for launching the system on build, own, operate and transfer (BOOT) basis.

Recommendation

The move to install electronic parking meters on the lines of those on Brigade Road and Commercial Street in Bangalore comes in the wake of a recommendation made by the Mysore traffic police in view of serious parking problem in the area.

The police made the recommendation to the corporation to overcome the problem of “dawn to dusk” parking of cars on the road by shopkeepers, and to ensure parking space for tourists and shoppers. The road has bays for parking nearly 200 cars, but about 100 cars purportedly belonging to shop owners and those running businesses in the locality are always parked there during business hours.

Under the new parking system, car owners are supposed to collect a receipt on payment of the parking fee.

If the parking duration exceeds the allotted time, car owners will have to extend it by paying an additional fee. Parking attendants will guide car owners in using the meters.

Sources in the traffic police told The Hindu that the system would be restricted for cars.

No financial burden

“There will be no financial burden on the MCC (in introducing the system) as it will be introduced on BOOT basis. Also, approval of the MCC Council is not essential for introducing it. Nevertheless, the final decision rests with the corporation. Police and MCC authorities will monitor the system,” the sources said.

The sources claimed that the system would benefit commercial and business establishments on the road as more shoppers and tourists would visit them if they were assured of space to park cars.

Also, there would be no scope for harassment or fleecing of vehicle owners by parking attendants as the system would be electronically operated, they said.

Tough job

The police are finding it tough to streamline traffic on the road, especially in the evenings when it is difficult to find parking space for cars.

“With the introduction of the pay and park system, parking space for cars will be ensured as there is a plan to limit the parking time for two or three hours daily for each car,” they said. The pay and park system was proposed on this road even in the past, but it was not introduced.

With the rise in the number of vehicles and also in the number of tourists, introduction of the system has become inevitable, according to the police.

When contacted, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime and Traffic) Rajendra Prasad confirmed that his department had recommended to the corporation on introducing pay and park system on the road to address the parking woes.

“The corporation has to take note of our proposal and take a decision,” he added.

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 August 2010 07:19
 
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