Buildings of property tax defaulters sealed

Amritsar, March 2

The property tax wing of the Municipal Corporation (MC) sealed seven buildings of tax defaulters on Friday. A team of the north zone staff sealed seven major establishments in Ranjit Avenue which includes restaurant, SCOs, dhaba and showrooms. Senior MC official Vishal Wadhawan said that a team led by north zone superintendent Davinder Babbar, inspector Satinder Singh along with MC police visited several defaulters. Out of sealed seven buildings three defaulters paid their pending property tax and MC opened the sealed property. Vishal Wadhawan said that the sealing drive against defaulters of property tax will continue.

On Friday, the property tax department has collected Rs 15.78 lakh. So far Rs 33.41 crore has been collected in this financial year.

The MC has set a target of Rs 45 crore to collect from property tax during 2023-24. The MC officials claimed that the target would be achieved by the end of March as majority of the commercial units pay tax on the last minute. The MC has initiated the sealing drive from Monday and sealed more than 20 buildings to press the defaulters. The property tax wing have issued hundreds of sealing notices in each zone.