Non-payment of dues: 3 shops sealed in Amritsar city

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 14

The Municipal Corporation of Amritsar (MCA) sealed three shops at Deendayal Upadhyay market and in Hathi Gate area here. The shop owners had not paid dues. The MCA had sold the shops through an open bid and the buyers had to pay the pending amount in instalments. The MC has a large number of such properties where occupants have not paid the pending amount.

On the orders of MC Commissioner Komal Mittal, Estate Officer Dharminder Jeet Singh along with his team and police force sealed two shops at Deendayal Upadhyay shopping complex and one shop in the Hathi Gate area.

Dharmendra Jeet Singh said a list of properties sold by the Municipal Corporation was being prepared and the shops of those occupants, who did not pay the dues, would be sealed and the initial amount deposited by them seized by the MC.