MCG to take stringent action against tax defaulters
Residents residing in privately developed localities such as DLF, Sushant Lok, South City, Ardee City, Sun City, Nirvana Country, Palam Vihar and in other areas should pay the house tax to the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon at the earliest.
Government is now strict about the collection of house tax within the municipal limits, a senior MCG official said. The official also said that it is mandatory to pay the house tax and denied the fact decided by the Gurgaon Citizens’ Council (GCC), i.e. not to pay the house tax to the corporation.
Basically, the GCC is a representative of the all the privately developed localities in New Gurgaon.
This might take a severe turn in coming months, as soon as MCG adopts to take vigorous steps like disconnecting water, sewer and electricity connection, as a part of the penalty for not paying the tax , which is defined in the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act 1994.
In a meeting with the financial commissioner-cum-principal secretary P Raghavendra Rao in the presence of urban local bodies, Haryana and local officials at the PWD rest house decided that there should not be any strict steps taken regarding this matter and also denied commenting on taking possible coercive steps.
According to the Financial commissioner, people are required to follow the rules and regulations regarding paying the house tax without the corporation’s compulsion.
It was also discussed in the meeting that the issues of house tax, which are due on New Gurgaon residents tuned up to Rs 600 crore since the inception of the corporation in June 2008.
P Raghavendra Rao is very strict about the house tax and also said that no one can evade the tax within the MCG limits, as they will take stringent steps against the defaulters.
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