Pay property tax dues by Aug 31 without penalty, residents told

After the state government extended the one-time settlement (OTS) policy for pending property tax till August 31 for the welfare of residents, Municipal Corporation (MC) Commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal has appealed to residents to take maximum benefit of the policy and submit pending tax without any penalty or interest by August 31.

The MC Commissioner held a meeting with the officials concerned regarding the recovery of the pending property tax in MC’s Zone D office in Sarabha Nagar on Monday.

The officials have been directed to reach out to the public and spread awareness among them, so that they can avail maximum benefit of the policy and submit the pending tax without any penalty.

MC Additional Commissioner Paramdeep Singh, Joint Commissioner-cum-Zonal Commissioner (Zone D) Abhishek Sharma, Assistant Commissioner-cum-Zonal Commissioner (Zone A and B) Neeraj Jain, Assistant Commissioner-cum-Zonal Commissioner (Zone C) Gurpal Singh, zonal superintendents among other officials were present in the meeting.

The civic body officials stated that the property tax had to be paid on a self-assessment basis every year. If the property owner fails to pay the tax, a 20 per cent penalty and 18 per cent annual interest on the pending amount was charged by the civic body.

Under the OTS policy, the residents can now submit the tax by August 31 without any penalty or interest. The pending tax can be submitted at suvidha kendras situated in zonal offices of the civic body.

Later, the MC chief also held a meeting with the building branch officials wherein the assistant town planners (ATPs) concerned of all four zones were directed to expedite the recovery of the dues from the residents. Further, they were also directed to act strict against illegal constructions.