Property tax collection up, deadline extended

The Municipal Corporation (MC) has reported a significant increase in property tax revenue for the current financial year 2025-26. Between April 1 and August 4 this year, the property tax wing of the MC collected a revenue of Rs 10.40 crore. This marks a sharp rise of Rs 5.82 crore compared to Rs 4.58 crore collected from 15,681 returns during the same period last year.

This information was shared during a departmental review meeting chaired by Municipal Commissioner Gulpreet Singh Aulakh. Present at the meeting were Joint MC Commissioner Jai Inder Singh, Assistant MC Commissioners Vishal Wadhawan and Daljeet Singh, Superintendents Davinder Singh Babbar, Raj Kumar, Pradeep Rajput, Jaswinder Singh and Varinder Kumar. The MC Commissioner assigned recovery targets to the officials and instructed them to set up two property tax camps daily in various city localities to facilitate and encourage citizens to clear their dues. He emphasised proactive citizen engagement and efficient implementation of the government’s one-time settlement (OTS) scheme.

MC Commissioner Aulakh stated that under the OTS scheme introduced by the Punjab Government, citizens can get full waiver on interest and penalties against outstanding property tax dues pending since 2013-14. While the earlier deadline was July 31, 2025, it has now been extended to August 15, 2025, providing an additional opportunity for defaulters to settle their dues without financial burden.

He directed the property tax officials to widely publicise the scheme and ensure that citizens are aware of the benefits. He appealed to the residents to take advantage of the waiver while it lasts. Also, he reminded that the deadline to avail rebate on current year’s property tax is September 30 and urged people to pay their current dues in time to benefit from this rebate.