Sixteen property tax defaulters have cleared their dues after the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) filed cases against 23 of them for dishonouring cheques deposited under the amnesty scheme.
“Some people had given cheques after the civic staff visited their properties for recovery. But those cheque were not honoured, so we had to file the cases,” said Vilas Kanade, head of PMC’s property tax department.
PMC officials said under the amnesty scheme for defaulters, 80% discount was offered in the penalty amount. The scheme, which was to end on November 30, has been given an extension till January 26 with the discount on penalty amount being reduced to 75%.
Owners of 1.4 lakh properties have paid tax amounting to Rs 355 crore so far. The civic administration gave a discount of Rs 181 crore. There are around 10.26 lakh properties in the property tax net.