Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has attached the property of Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) after the institute failed to deposit dues of Rs 1.63 crore to the BMC, violating High Court orders.
Zonal officer of the zone 6 under which ward 27 falls, Prem Shankar Shukla told ‘The Pioneer’ that MANIT falls under ward 27 area and the High Court had issued orders to the MANIT for paying the dues to the BMC within 15 days, but the officials concern at the MANIT were not interested in even replying to the issued orders and nothing regarding clearing the dues.
The High Court issued orders issued on January 21, 2014 of depositing 50 per cent of the dues but MANIT failed to deposit the amount. On Friday, under section 175 (E) of Municipal Act the action has been taken. Corporator of Ward 27 Santosh Singh Kansana told that last year MANIT has deposited around Rs 45 lakh but this year the institute has not deposited any amount till date. After the case was filed in the High court the HC issued orders to deposit 50 per cent of the due amount but MANIT authorities did not pay any heed to the orders.
On Thursday, it was decided that the property of MANIT would be attached and the dues would be recovered by auctioning the property. On Friday when the officials went to meet the MANIT director he was not found at the institute and the notice of attaching the property was served by pasting it at the Institute office.