The Hindu 28.02.2013
No change in property tax for five new wards
Residents in the five newly added wards, from ward 61 to
65 in the city, could heave a sigh of relief as there will be no change
in the property tax for them immediately.
The five
new wards were added to the city following the merger of the erstwhile
Tiruverumbur Town Panchayat and the Pappakurichi, Ellakudi, Alathur and
Keezha Kalkandarkottai panchayats following delimitation last year.
There
has been apprehension among residents in these wards that they would
have to shell out higher sums as property tax on a par with residents in
the other 60 wards of the city. However, an official resolution tabled
at an ordinary meeting of the Corporation Council on Wednesday said that
the government has issued orders stating that the tax for residents in
the newly added areas could be levied based on the existing rates
approved by the erstwhile local bodies. There will be no change in the
property tax for these residents until further orders from the
government.
Accordingly, residents under the
erstwhile Tiruverumbur town panchayat and Pappakurichi and Ellakudi
panchayats will pay the tax at the rates fixed by the respective local
bodies in 2008 and those in Alathur and Keezha Kalkandarkottai at the
rates fixed in 2007.