New panel to resolve water,property tax cases

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Tuesday directed the civic administration to appoint a commission to resolve...

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) standing committee on Tuesday directed the civic administration to appoint a commission to resolve the pending cases with disputes on water tax and property tax.

The committee urged the administration to resolve the disputed cases before incurring two per cent tax on the dues of property tax. The administration has assured of setting up the commission with immediate effect, said Arvind Shinde,chairman of standing committee. There are pending dues of Rs 200 crore of water tax and Rs 75 crore of property tax with the civic body.

The octroi department has been directed to initiate legal action against jewellers not furnish their account books for assessment to the civic administration.

The administration informed that the jewellers were not cooperating in making available their account books for recovery of octroi. Thus,it has been directed that action should be initiated after giving a weeks time for the purpose,” said Arvind Shinde,chairman of standing committee. The jewellers in protest of the increase in octroi rates have not been paying the octroi on the products sold. The failure to collect details of illegal hoardings in the civic jurisdiction delayed the decision on adopting the new hoarding policy,he said adding the administration has been asked to initiate action against those in hoarding business.

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