Latest Answer: According to sources, the builder and owner of the mall showed the built-up area as vacant land. According to records in possession with BBMP, the mall owner had not declared tax for a whopping 1.5 lakh sq ft of property and showed the same as vacant land paying merely 12 paise per sq ft. Pallike officials said that some of the shops inside the malls have not even obtained occupancy certificate from BBMP and this amounts to illegal occupancy.
Latest Answer: Now the BBMP has decided to take out the tax defaulters names on paper. BBMP is hoping that this policy will wake up more defaulters in the future.