Taking note of the hardships being faced by its citizen in the face of global spread of pandemic Covid-19, Punjab Government has decided to extend the deadline to pay outstanding house tax or property tax without any penalty till June 30, 2020. Likewise, the time limit of One Time Settlement Policy for recovery of arrears of water and sewerage charges in the urban local bodies of the state has also been extended up to June 30, 2020.
Announcing this, the state Local Bodies Minister Brahm Mohindra on Tuesday said that the State Government has taken this decision to provide relief to the citizen of the state who are presently leading from the front in this war against coronavirus.
“As per the new policy, the persons, who failed to deposit the house tax or the property tax as the case may be, levied under the Act, may now deposit the principal amount in lump sum with the rebate at the rate of 10 percent of the amount by up till June 30, 2020,” said Mohindra.
The Minister said that the persons, who fail to deposit the house tax or property tax, as the case may be, by June 30, 2020, may deposit the principal amount along with penalty at the rate of 10 percent thereafter, within the period of the next three months.
Mohindra added that the persons, who still fail to deposit the due amount as above, within the period and the manner specified above, shall be liable to pay a penalty at the rate of 20 percent on the amount due along with interest at the rate of 18 percent from the date it became due till the date of its realization.
Further, the time limit of One Time Settlement Policy for recovery of arrears of water and sewerage charges in the urban local bodies of the State has also been extended up till June 30, 2020. “This extension begins from the expiration of the time allowed vide earlier notification dated February 12, 2020,” he said adding that the notifications in this regard have already been issued.