BMC has begun the process of auctioning 42 plots, costing Rs 210 crore, whose owners had defaulted on payment of property tax.
BMC said many include plots of builders who defaulted on payments.
A civic official said this was being done to meet the property tax target for the current financial year, which has been set at Rs5,200 crore, of which Rs3,800 crores has been collected.
In the current financial year, 11,661 attachment notices were served to properties for defaulting tax payments and 479 water connections were disconnected.