The municipal corporation on Thursday sealed a commercial building in Sector 5 for not paying Rs 36 lakh property tax. More such buildings will be sealed in the days to come.
Gulshan Kumar, zonal taxation officer, MC said that SCO 104-195, owned by Ansal, was sealed after there was no reply from the firm over the property tax default notice. He said that the building owner owed Rs 36 lakh tax. According to him, all property tax defaulters had been given one chance of hearing at the MC office but no one came from their side.
MC officials said Rs 37 crore is due from commercial property tax defaulters. Out of this, Rs 17 crore is to come from 14 buildings, including schools, government buildings, Gymkhana Club and petrol pump. The zonal taxation officer warned that tax defaulters had not paid their tax for a long time and they would be strictly dealt with.