DC office, GMADA, Police Dept owe Rs 2-cr property tax to Mohali MC

Sanjay Bumbroo

Tribune News Service

Mohali, March 13

The Mohali Municipal Corporation is to recover Rs 2 crore as property tax from Deputy Commissioner’s office, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and the Mohali police department.

The Municipal Corporation authorities have issued letters to the government bodies to settle their dues as soon at the earliest.

According to information, Mohali has 52,678 properties, of which 41,082 are residential, 4,929 commercial, 1,683 industrial and 4,984 vacant plots. As many as 24,406 of these buildings are taxable and of the 39,000 tax payers in Mohali, around 4,000 have not paid property tax in six years.

Interestingly, at the top of the list of defaulters is the local police department, which has not paid a single penny to the Mohali MC ever since the latter introduced the tax in 2013-14. The department owes tax dues amounting to Rs 1 crore. The department has multiple properties at its disposal, which include several police stations, cyber crime office and women’s cell.

GMADA owes the MC Rs 80 lakh in property tax. The state development authority, too, has been defaulting on the tax since it was levied. It has to pay dues for its building in Sector 62, the Sports Complex and several shops. A senior GMADA officer said they were calculating the dues to be paid to the MC and will settle the tax as soon as it is done. They had sought details from the department concerned, he added.

MC Commissioner Kamal Kumar Garg said they have written letters to the heads of all three offices and asked them to pay the property tax as soon as possible. About what action will be taken in case these departments fail to pay the taxes he said they were yet to take any decision in that regard.

The District Administrative Complex in Sector 76 has accrued property tax dues amounting to Rs 15 lakh in the last two years. The state local bodies department has already given property tax defaulters in Mohali additional time to pay the tax. The rebate is in effect till March 31.

police department tops list with Rs 1 CR

• At the top of the list of defaulters is the local police department, which owes tax dues amounting to Rs 1 crore to the Mohali MC. The department has not paid a single penny to the MC ever since the latter introduced the tax in 2013-14.
• GMADA owes the MC Rs 80 lakh in property tax. The state development authority, too, has been defaulting on the tax since it was levied. It has to pay dues for its building in Sector 62, the Sports Complex and several shops.
• The District Administrative Complex in Sector 76 has accrued property tax dues amounting to Rs 15 lakh in the last two years.