The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) will conduct a property sealing drive in August, against the property tax defaulters who are not depositing their property tax, despite the interest waiver and exemption given by the Haryana Government on thepayment of property tax.
The MCG commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja directed the officials of the taxation wing to expedite the recovery of property tax from suchproperty owners on Monday.
The commissioner has instructed the Zonal Taxation Officers to issuenotices against such property owners whose outstanding property tax amount of Rs 5 lakh or above and seal their properties by running aspecial drive in August in case of non-payment of property tax.
The officials said that for the recovery of property tax, thecooperation of the Resident Welfare Association (RWAs) will also betaken. Three citizen facilitation centres have been set up by the MCG for thepayment of property tax, in which the amount up to Rs 5,000 in theform of cash and above the amount through demand draft, credit cardand debit card can be paid from, MCG officials said. Apart from this, there is a provision to pay property tax throughonline mode via MCG's website.
