CHANDIGARH: Both PGI and Panjab University (PU) have again approached the municipal corporation, Chandigarh, asking to reconcile the property tax data and records. Disagreeing with the amount of the property tax prepared by the civic body authority, both institutions stated that the prepared tax amount is not justified as per their records and thus needs a complete re-evaluation.
According to PGI, the land or area calculated by the MC is more than the actual area of the property on the ground. They have requested a complete measurement of the land and a fresh calculation of the related tax amount. Following this communication, the MC is likely to assess the area of land to provide the updated details accordingly.
In the case of PU, the university has written to the MC, asking for a breakdown of the tax amount details, such as the principal amount, interest amount, and penalty amount, requested year-wise.
However, sources in the MC revealed that they have already supplied the same data to the PU authority in the past, and now they have again asked for the same information.
“Since we have received the communications from the respective authorities, the same will again be studied based on their request. However, we will request them to deposit payment, if not in full, then half or partly, so that the authority can receive some amount from their side. Moreover, all the cases are being minutely checked,” a senior official of the MC told TOI.
Sources in the MC said that since PU has multiple separate IDs for their buildings and has consistently avoided making the payment even after a series of deliberations in the past few years, it seems they do not want to make the payments.
The records have already been shown to them in the past, and they have also taken the details of the amount and properties, but no payment of pending arrears has been made so far.
According to records, both PU and PGI are among the top property tax defaulters.
Source Homevior.in
