HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will set up an advisory committee to conduct a comprehensive survey on properties, both residential and commercial, in its limits for rationalisation of property tax. A resolution to this effect was passed unanimously during the GHMC general body meeting held under the chairmanship of Hyderabad mayor Mohammed Majid Hussain on Saturday.

The mayor said members of the advisory committee would be named after the standing committee meeting. Raising the issue of property tax revision, Kukatpally corporator D Venkata Samrajyam (TDP) said that despite the Corporation inviting tenders for Geographical Information System (GIS) to fix property tax, officials messed up revision of tax on non-residential properties and imposed a 25% penalty on the pretext of unauthorised constructions. “Property owners are doing rounds of GHMC offices with petitions seeking reduction of taxes,” the corporator added.

TDP floor leader and Saidabad corporator Singireddy Srinivas Reddy also raised the property tax issue. Stating that the GHMC was imposing heavy fines and collecting property taxes, including 8% library cess and demanded the officials to furnish zone-wise details on development of libraries. Congress floor leader and Golnaka corporator Kaleru Venkatesham sought to know whether GHMC was introducing sweeping units as part of its new sanitation drive. “Has the GHMC taken approval of the standing committee to change the system?” he questioned.

Nampally legislator (MIM) Virasat Rasool Khan said the GHMC was collecting hundreds of crores as property tax, but there was no visible development in the core area. Responding to queries raised by members, GHMC commissioner M T Krishna Babu said the civic body was in the process of collating data of all properties using GIS technology and allotting a unique identification number for each property for tax assessment.

“A scientific method will be followed to assess property tax. So far, property tax assessment of 1.25 lakh properties (both residential and commercial) was done and the demand rose to Rs 759 crore,” he added. The GHMC has been using hand-held machines to issue property tax demand notices. “Disciplinary action will be taken against bill collectors if they are found to be issuing manual demand notices,” he added.

With no quorum after lunch, the mayor adjourned the general body meeting to May 24 at around 3pm. Of 220 members, 141 attended the morning session, but post-lunch, the number fell to 51, four short of the minimum 55 members for the quorum. Meanwhile, TDP corporators staged a protest in front of the mayor’s podium demanding not to hike property tax.

Article source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Panel-to-be-set-up-on-property-tax/articleshow/13308400.cms

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