Speaking on the issue, a senior MCD official said the corporation has come to notice that a new fake allegation has been made against the civic body regarding conversion charges levied by the MCD in industrial area.
“It has been claimed in the allegation that traders were asked to pay conversion tax either in one go at `8000 per sq metre or in installments at `1000 per sq metre for 10-15 years. The Corporation would like to make it clear that this is not true in facts,” he said.
“The rates for use conversion charges from industrial to commercial were notified by DDA on the basis of built-up area per sq metre.
The rate fixed for Central, South and Dwarka area was `12,508/- per sq metre of built up area while that of North, East, West and Rohini was `8,097/- per sq metre of built up area and Narela at `1300 per sq metre,” he said.
“Later on DDA revised the rates for use conversion charges from Industrial to commercial based on plot area basis and the rates were decided Industrial Estate wise. The revised rate for nine Industrial Estates of Delhi as notified by DDA varies from `30,971 per sq metre to `17,910 per sq metre across these industrial estates,” MCD official said.
“The use conversion charges were never `1000/- per sq. metre any time in the past as claimed. The Corporations finds such claim malicious .
There is no retrospective effect of the revised rate. The revised charges are to be paid with the date of its coming into effect in 2018,” MCD official added.