Gurugram civic body seals two more properties over non-payment of tax

GURUGRAM: The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Saturday sealed two more properties in Sector 39 for non-payment of their property tax dues. While one property sealed on Saturday is yet to pay the property tax worth Rs 24 lakh, another property has Rs 22 lakh pending.

The taxation department of the civic body has sealed 15 properties in the last five days alone as the deadline to file property tax is approaching.

Two properties in Zone-4 were sealed on Saturday while two properties in Udyog Vihar with a pending due of Rs 22 lakh were sealed on December 2. “We have sealed a total of 15 properties since December 1. Moreover, we have disconnected water and sewerage connections of around 25 properties in the last five days,” said Dinesh Kumar, zonal taxation officer-2, MCG.

The deadline to file property tax has been extended to December 31. A one-time rebate of 25% will be given to owners who have pending tax dues since financial year 2010-11, if they clear the dues till financial year 2019-20 by December 31. Moreover, the deadline to avail 10% rebate on the property tax for the year 2020-21 has also now been extended to December 31.

Earlier, the Haryana government would give 10% rebate to the owners if they pay their property tax dues for the assessment year by July 31 of that assessment year.

The taxation department of the MCG has shortlisted 702 defaulters whose water and sewerage connections will be cut. This is the first time that they will cut the water and sewerage connections on a large scale.

The property tax defaulters who have to pay their dues between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 5 lakh are facing disconnection of their water and sewerage connections and the properties of the defaulters with dues more than Rs 5 lakh are being sealed.