PNS | DEHRADUN
With the last month of the financial year 2024-25 underway, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) has intensified efforts to recover pending property tax from non-residential property owners who have not cleared their dues for years. Among the major defaulters, Mahant Indiresh Hospital reportedly has the highest outstanding amount, with pending property tax of Rs 12.26 crore since 2016, as per the officials.
Other defaulters who are yet to deposit property tax include Maharana Pratap Sports College with Rs 1.40 crores since 2019, the Transit Hostel in Race Course with Rs 73 lakh since 2017, the District Judge Office with Rs 82 lakh since 2016, the Pollution Control Board with Rs 44.35 lakh since 2019, Remtech Software Solution at IT Park with Rs 38.89 lakh since 2019, a resident apartment building in Sahastradhara with Rs 37 lakh, Aanchal Dairy with Rs 35.89 lakh, Regal Information Technology at IT Park with Rs 28.23 lakh since 2019, Spice Digital Limited at IT Park with Rs 22.60 lakh and the Employment Office with Rs 16.29 lakh since 2016, as per the data shared by the corporation. According to this, the corporation is expected to receive over Rs 17 crore of property tax from these establishments.
The MCD tax superintendent Dharmesh Painuly stated that the corporation has collected approximately Rs 45 crore in property tax so far. He said, “Out of 1.2 lakh registered taxpayers, around 65,000 have already paid their dues. MCD has formed four teams to visit different areas and recover the pending tax. We are sending bills to defaulters through WhatsApp too to ensure quicker communication. Tw extra counters have also been set up in the tax section for the convenience of the locals during tax submission.
The corporation is also receiving a sufficient amount from taxpayers via online mode too.” Painuly said that all efforts are being made to recover the pending property tax and achieve the target of collecting Rs 70 crore in this financial year.
