Pay property tax or water supply will be cut: Gurugram civic body

GURUGRAM: In order to make owners to clear property tax dues, MCG has decided to cut the water and sewage connections of the defaulters’ property. MCG commissioner said that the properties of defaulters will be sealed first and the water and sewage connections will be cut. The property will be then auctioned.

MCG officials said that the huge amount of pending property tax dues (Rs 300 crore) is the reason behind the civic body’s decision.

“We have sent around 1,600 notices to the tax defaulters in all four zones, approximately 400 in each zone. Water and sewage connections of the properties of tax defaulters will be cut starting from next week. Moreover, our sealing drive is also going on,” said Dinesh Kumar, zonal taxation officer-2.

In July, MCG recovered Rs 105 crore of property tax — highest in recent years— after the state government decided to give 10% rebate to the property owners who clear their dues for the 2020-21 assessment year by July 31. However, this deadline has been extended till October 31. The civic body collected Rs 6.65 crore of property tax in August and more than Rs 4 crore till Tuesday in this month.

MCG officials said that sealing drive is going on in all zones of the city. On Tuesday too, a property located on Sohna road with a pending property tax due of Rs 20 lakh was sealed.

The Haryana government on August 18 had notified fresh deadlines to clear the property tax dues. A one-time rebate of 25% will be given to owners, who have dues since financial year 2010-11, if they clear the dues till financial year 2019-20 by October 31. The 25% rebate will be given only for the period from 2010 to 2017. Earlier this deadline was August 31.

Meanwhile, property tax survey has resumed in city, after a gap of five months. The civic body had issued a public notice, requesting people to cooperate with the surveyors and provide information about their properties. The deadline to complete the survey is October 2020.