Working to attain the objective of accumulating 80 crore in property tax this yr, the cash-strapped municipal company has one other process minimize out for itself — restoration of a whopping 84.54 crore dues from authorities buildings alone.

Over 800 buildings of Punjab, Haryana and central governments in Chandigarh, and even UT administration, are among the many checklist of defaulters, who’re being despatched restoration notices with a two-week deadline.

Of the whole dues, 26 crore are owed by 41 properties belonging to completely different establishments, comparable to Panjab University, PGIMER, Punjab Engineering College, ICSSR, and different authorities schools and faculties.

Guest homes in PU owe MC greater than 1.21 crore. Similarly, the excellent tax towards completely different canteen buildings at PU is round 3.91 crore. The ICSSR constructing has 36 lakh dues towards it.

Among different academic establishments, PGIMER has but to clear round 8 crore in tax dues, Punjab Engineering College greater than 2 crore, Government Arts College 9.65 lakh, Institute of Design 11.28 lakh and Government Model High School, Manimajra, 29.48 lakh.

Haryana’s mini-secretariat has a pending invoice of 1.41 crore, Haryana’s printing press 30 lakh and Haryana Tax Tribunal 9.57 lakh.

At Punjab’s finish, its mini-secretariat owes MC 83 lakh, Principal AG Audit Punjab Principal Accountant General (Audit) Punjab 20 lakh and Punjab Police Headquarters 4 lakh.

Among the establishments and businesses underneath the Union authorities, the Railway Station has did not pay 2.32 crore in tax and TBRL constructing 18.5 lakh.

CBSE workplace’s tax arrears have piled as much as 24 lakh, Survey of India workplace owes 14.8 lakh, BSNL 9 lakh, ITBP 7 lakh and DRDO Transit Facility 6 lakh.

Hospitality, leisure and sports activities establishments on the defaulters’ checklist embody Hotel Shivalikview, Taj resort, James Plaza resort, Tagore Theater and Chandigarh Golf Club that alone has a large pending invoice of 10.9 crore.

MC depts additionally amongst defaulters

Even MC’s personal departments are on the checklist of defaulters. MC has to gather 1.03 crore from its stable waste processing plant and 3 lakh from the chief engineer’s workplace, amongst others. The Chandigarh Smart City Ltd owes MC 4,137.

MC commissioner Anindita Mitra mentioned, “MC has taken up a number of infrastructure projects for which it needs funds. A lot of city’s infrastructure like sewerage, storm water drainage, etc, are over four decades old and require major upgrade. Similarly, areas like solid waste management also require constant expansion and upgrade. Funds are crucial for other capital works also. It is the statutory obligation of these departments to pay their dues to MC to allow it to execute projects smoothly.”

She added that the dues towards the UT division had come down from the earlier 35 crore to round 10 crore, which the administration had assured to pay inside this monetary yr. “As far as government departments of other states are concerned, we are writing to the administrative departments to recover the dues,” she mentioned.

Rebate for residential properties obtainable until Aug 31

Of the whole property tax goal of 80 crore this yr, MC has to this point collected round 50 crore.

While the unique deadline for cost of tax with 20% rebate was May 31, it was prolonged until August 31 for residential properties. For all different classes, the final date remained May 31. After the rebate interval, the civic physique imposes a penalty of 25%, together with 12% curiosity, on the tax dues, sans rebate.

“The list of defaulters among residential properties will be readied once the rebate period is over on August 31. Thereafter, we will issue notices and proceed as per provisions of the law,” mentioned Mitra.

In the final fiscal (2021-2022), MC’s tax department had collected over 70 crore in property tax towards a goal of 44 crore—a rise of greater than 3 times since 2016, when the collections stood at 20 crore.