29 govt depts owe Rs 150 cr to Karnal Municipal Corporation

Tribune News Service

Karnal, September 16

Battling financial crunch, the Karnal Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started the process of recovering property tax from departments of the Union and state governments.

September 25 deadline for state depts

On the demand of the government departments, we have redone the survey of their properties. I had an interaction with officials of various departments of the state government, in which the deadline of September 25 has been given for the assessment of their property dues. Dr Manoj Kumar, Commissioner, KMC

17 from state; 12 centre

• The KMC has to recover Rs250 crore from various ‘defaulters’, of them, 29 departments are defaulters of nearly Rs150 crore.
• As many as 17 departments of the state government has an outstanding amount of Rs51.17 crore, while 12 departments of the Union Government are defaulters of over Rs98 crore. 

The KMC has to recover Rs 250 crore from various ‘defaulters’, of them, 29 departments are defaulters of nearly Rs 150 crore. As many as 17 departments of the state government has an outstanding amount of Rs 51.17 crore, while 12 departments of the Union Government are defaulters of over Rs 98 crore.

The KMC has given a deadline of September 25 to the state government departments to assess their dues and thereafter, take approval from their departments to deposit the pending amount. The KMC Commissioner also had an interaction with officials of these departments on Wednesday. Earlier, he had an interaction with the heads of the Central Government departments, asking them to start the process of depositing the dues.

“On the demand of the government departments, we have redone the survey of their properties. I had an interaction with officials of various departments of the state government, in which the deadline of September 25 has been given for the assessment of their property dues,” said Dr Manoj Kumar, Commissioner, KMC.

A sum of Rs 29.63 crore is pending with Haryana Armed Police, Madhuban, Rs 3.36 crore with UHBVN, Rs 10.77 crore with Haryana Agriculture University Regional Station, Uchani, Rs 22.97 lakh with Agriculture Department, Rs 5.35 lakh with BDPO office, Rs 49.62 lakh with Public Health and Engineering Department, Rs 2.29 crore with PWD (B&R), Rs 4.88 lakh with RTO office Transport Department, Rs 7.85 lakh of Animal Husbandry Department, Rs 76.75 lakh of SP Office, Rs 40.79 lakh of Fisheries Department, Rs 90.97 lakh with Sports Department, Rs 5.69 lakh with Hafed, Rs 1.60 crore with Tourism Department, Rs 15 lakh with Civil Hospital, Rs 37 with Bal Bhawan and others, the Commissioner said.

The NDRI, IIWBR, CSSRI, NBAGR, IARI Regional Station and Sugarcane Breeding Institute are among the defaulting departments of the Union Government, said the Commissioner.