South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has extended the date of availing benefit of remission of full amount of interest and penalty on property tax from January 31 to March 31.
Earlier this amnesty scheme was applicable only to the assesses of residential properties in unauthorised colonies and villages. Chairman of Standing Committee Bhupender Gupta said henceforth the scheme will also be applicable to assesses of all kind of properties in unauthorised regularised colonies along with unauthorised colonies and villages. “The SDMC house has given its nod on extending the last date on the recommendation of the Standing Committee. The orders to this effect have been issued,” Gupta said.
A senior SDMC official said that as per the latest scheme the all assesses in above stated localities will have to deposit current due amount of the property tax and will have to submit a declaration to this effect. On acceptance of the declaration by the department, the assesses will be given the remission of penalty and interest on the arrear of the tax,” he said.
The amnesty scheme was launched with an aim to provide relief to those assessees who had shown lukewarm response during amnesty scheme for the year 2016-17 in unauthorised colonies, unauthorised regularised colonies, urbanised villages and rural villages.