Twenty-one business outlets at Zone-3 and 4 in Gurugram were sealed by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) on Friday after they were found to be running without valid Trade Licence. The outlets were located at Raheja Mall, Global Foyer Mall and Metropolis Mall on the Sohna Road.
Owners of these outlets were asked for the appropriate licenses before being forcibly sealed, an officer of MCG said.
Earlier, the MCG Commissioner had ordered the concern officials to take appropriate action against the establishments who are operating without trade licence.
As per the instructions issued by the Joint Commissioner of Zone- 4, Ravinder Yadav had formed a team under the supervision of Zonal Taxation Officer Sameer Shrivastav which had issued notices to the outlets.
During the drive, the MCG team sealed 9 establishments at Zone- 3 in which seven in Metropolis Mall and two were in Global Foyer Mall. While 12 outlets were sealed at Raheja Mall on the Sohna Road.
“It is mandatory for all commercial outlets to obtain a necessary business licence under section 331, 335 and 336 of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, 1994,” said Yashpal Yadav, the MCG Commissioner.
“We had issued notices to 698 establishments asking them to apply for trade licence, failing which we sealed them. More such drives are likely in the future. We urge people to apply for the license to avoid sealing,” said Ravinder Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Zone -4.
“A special trade license camp will be organised at the Cyber hub on September 29 and license applications will be accepted on the spot. The people running business in the city are requested to get their trade licencee, he said.
The city has nearly one lakh commercial outlets of various sizes in the district, including hotels, shops, cinema halls, jewellers and bakeries and more than 90 pc of these have not renewed their licences or applied for the licence at all, sources claimed.
Earlier in the month 55 spa centres were sealed by the Municipal Corporation. These centres were being run without obtaining a valid trade license from the civic body.