UID number is mandatory to pay property tax

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, August 27

The unique identification (UID) numbers provided by the Central Commercial Industry of India (CCII) to properties in the city is now mandatory to mention for the payment of property tax at the Citizen Facilitation Centres (CFCs) of the municipal corporation. During 2018-19, the CCII had installed the UID number plates on the properties.

However, a large number of residents do not have the UID number of their properties and they face inconvenience when computer operators at the window of CFC centres refuse to get their tax. Officials of the property tax wing claim that they have provided staff at the head office and zonal offices to locate the UID number of properties of taxpayers. The residents should come along with UID details of their property.

Daljeet Singh, Nodal Officer at property tax wing (of the MC), said, “The UID number of property is mandatory for all the taxpayers. It links the properties with our system and we can check the details of any property with a single click. The CCII had installed unique identification (UID) plates at most of the properties in the city. Some of the residents did not keep the number plates and are now unable to locate them. We have deployed three computer operators at the head office and one each in the divisional offices to search the UID number of properties.”

Earlier, MapmyIndia had conducted a survey and identified 2.50 lakh properties in the city in 2014. Later, the CCII had installed the UID plates on the properties during 2018-19. However, there are a number of residents, who registered their properties or constructed the buildings after the completion of UID process of CCII.

“There are properties, which do not have any UID number. We are going to set up a Geographic Information System (GIS) centre soon. The properties that do not have a UID number would be verified. After getting photos and geolocation of properties, we would provide the UID numbers. The residents are advised to get their UID number first before standing in the queue to deposit the property tax. We will also display the boards at the property tax window to make the public aware of the condition of UID number to pay tax,” added the Nodal Officer.