PCMC conducts auction of seized properties of tax defaulters

The tax collection and taxation department of Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation has started the auction process of confiscated properties. For this, the list of properties taken up for auction has been published in the current paper. All sealed properties will be auctioned. Therefore, the tax collection department has appealed to the property owners to pay the arrears immediately and avoid confiscation. Also, the tax collection department has already crossed the threshold of last year’s income.

Pradeep Jambhale Patil, Additional Commissioner, PCMC, said “This is the first time that the auction process of confiscated properties is being implemented in the Municipal Corporation. Thirteen properties will be auctioned in the first phase. A phased auction process will be implemented for properties seized and still unpaid taxes. This process will be implemented throughout the year considering the total number of seized properties. Property owners should cooperate with the PCMC by paying their due tax immediately to avoid untoward action of property sale.”

Nilesh Deshmukh, Assistant Commissioner, PCMC Tax Department, said “Out of the Rs 682 crore property tax outstanding, more than 500 crore tax is owed to residential properties. Therefore, in this final phase of recovery, residential properties are being seized on a large scale. The focus is on property owners who do not pay taxes despite their ability to pay. Property owners in financial distress are being allowed to pay tax in a phased manner.”

There are 6 lakh 15 thousand registered properties in Pimpri-Chinchwad city. A large number of unregistered properties are also being found in the survey. Last year, for the first time in the history of the municipal corporation, the tax collection department had succeeded in collecting a tax of Rs 814 crore. In the financial year 2023-24, a tax of 818 crores has been deposited in the municipal treasury till now. However, Assistant Commissioner Nilesh Deshmukh and his entire team are working hard to achieve the target of Rs 1000 crore.

As many as 682 crores of tax owed by property holders above 1 lakh

On behalf of the tax collection department, this year, property confiscation, sealing and disconnection of tap connections have been launched. However, property owners above Rs 1 lakh in the city have tax arrears of Rs 682 crore. The department has now initiated strict action like auctioning to recover tax from these defaulters.

As soon as the names of the defaulters were published in the current paper, the tax payment increased

To recover the arrears of 1 lakh 4326 property owners in the city, the tax collection department has started publishing the names of the defaulters whose arrears are more than Rs 50 thousand in the current paper. It is clear from the statistics that the tax arrears prefer to pay the outstanding tax as soon as the names are published in the current paper.

32 thousand 140 warrants issued

32 thousand 140 property owners have been issued seizure warrants. 7 thousand 311 warrants have been executed. Out of these, 5 thousand 52 property owners have paid 68 crore 94 lakh rupees.

Seizure warrants issued for one and a half thousand properties

1 thousand 491 outstanding property holders have been served notice of attachment of your property. In fact, 184 properties have been sealed and drastic action has been taken to disconnect the water supply of 584 property owners.

Challenge to collect Rs 182 crore revenue in 22 days

Tax collection department is being looked upon as an important source of income of the Municipal Corporation. Therefore, the municipal corporation is making efforts to get maximum income from this department. This department has a target of 1000 crores in the current financial year and has so far earned an income of Rs 817 crores. Therefore, it will be a big challenge for the tax collection department to collect the tax of Rs 183 crore in the remaining 22 days.

Shreyas Vange