‘Rs 770 crore tax dues from over 2 lakh property owners’: PCMC to intensify sealing drive till March 31 | Pune News
‘Rs 770 crore tax dues from over 2 lakh property owners’: PCMC to intensify sealing drive till March 31 | Pune News
Over two lakh property tax defaulters will face action such as sealing and confiscation of their properties in the industrial city of Pimpri-Chinchwad in the next one and half months, the PCMC administration has said.
”There are 2.18 lakh owners who have not paid their arrears that collectively amount to Rs 770 crore,” PCMC Assistant Municipal Commissioner Nilesh Deshmukh told The Indian Express.
Deshmukh said arrears of many of the defaulters have been pending for 8 to 10 years. ”Some of the owners have not paid their arrears despite the fact that they are living in good financial condition,” he said.
In the 2023-24 financial year, the PCMC tax department had collected Rs 746 crore as tax revenue. For the 2024-25 fiscal, the property tax department had set a target of collecting Rs 1,000 crore.
”We are making all efforts to meet our target of Rs 1000 crore this fiscal. For this year, we had implemented an aggressive campaign through social media, the newspaper and television media. Every zone office was given a daily target of sealing and confiscating properties. The campaign will be intensified further,” Deshmukh said.
Deshmukh, who heads the property tax department, said so far his department has taken action against 1,012 property tax defaulters. We have sealed 346 properties, pasted notice of confiscation outside 538 properties and severed water connections of 128 property owners.
In all, Pimpri-Chinchwad has 6.15 lakh properties which include residential, commercial and industrial. ”Of them, 4.31 property owners have paid their property tax to the tune of Rs 746 crore,” he said.
There are 1.82 lakh residential property owners who have not paid their tax arrears amounting to Rs 419 crore. Commercial property owners come second with Rs 183 crore. Those who have vacant plots have not paid their tax to the tune of Rs 92 crore. ”We have appealed to them to pay their taxes or risk losing their properties.
The PCMC administration said that many property tax defaulters live in high-rise buildings. The PCMC has named some of the societies where the properties have been sealed.
A look at top societies where flats have either been sealed or confiscation notice put up:
NAME OF HOUSING SOCIETY/ NUMBER OF FLATS SEALED OR CONFISCATED
Aishwaryam Ventures / 5
Balaji Heights / 7
Sukhwarni Corner / 1
Siddhanth Aangan / 4
Aamma Society / 8
Atlanta / 3
Armada/ 6
Kumar Picodili / 3
Pune Villa / 15
Plumeria Drive /10
Shri Smarth Flat / 4
Sanket Nest / 2
Renuka Niwas / 6
Waghere Towers / 6
Silver Land / 1
Sai Kunj / 2
Royal Hills / 1
Tropica / 1
Kunal Iconia / 1
Sai Niranjan / 8
Swapna Shilp / 6
Chang Bhale Heights / 17
Sagar Complex / 7
Pimple Sadan / 10
Chandralok Society / 4
Panchshil Society / 3
Bhairvi Apartment / 3
Acqua Blue / 1
Acqua Marina / 1
