The Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has decided to auction 52 properties of tax defaulters on August 8 after the owners failed to pay their property tax dues.
The properties that are to be auctioned are located at Sectors 14, 16, 43, 48, 57, Udyog Vihar Phase1, 4 and 5, Gadoli, Kherki Daula, Pace City 2 and Amar Colony.
Earlier on July 20, the civic body had sealed 70 shops in Sector 74, Mehrauli-Gurugram Road, Sectors 4, 7, 37 and Palam Vihar after their owners failed to pay their property tax dues.
According to department sources, the MCG has sealed around 520 properties in different areas of the city. "Despite several warnings, the owner of their property failed to pay property tax on time. While most defaulters pay their dues but the remaining who did pay to heed our warning their properties being auctioned under section 130 (manner of recovering tax) of the Haryana Municipal Act, 1994," an MCG official said.
The MCG officials said they will start the auctioning process with 20 buildings of tax defaulters that were sealed in February. The corporation officials said property owners had the option of availing of rebate schemes to clear tax dues at a discounted rate.
"After the scheme ended on July 14, property owners will no longer be given any relief by the civic body and they need to pay their tax by August 31 or face strict action," MCG Commissioner, V Umashankar, said.
"We have given several chances to the tax defaulters to pay their tax but after a couple of warning, they were failed to pay property tax dues. Now their property would be auctioned as per the Haryana Municipal Act," he added.
Furthermore, this year, the MCG has collected over Rs 400 crore in property tax against Rs 387 crore last year.