04-14-2007, 06:31 AM
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Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar\Neelam Pandey | New Delhi
Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, who was recently in the news for misusing the funds of erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board, has now been found to be defaulting on house tax payment to the MCD.
The Municipal body, which in the past one year has gone around sealing properties, that too on the slightest pretext, has overlooked the non-payment of property tax by Chawla for his posh 4, Jaipur Estate Nizamuddin house. According to sources, Chawla has given out his property on rent. However, he is understood to have concealed this fact in the papers submitted by him to the MCD.Â
The MCD, which had earlier booked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for putting a grill in her balcony, has not even bothered to check the veracity of the declaration made by her neighbour.
According to an inquiry by The Pioneer,<b> Chawla has not paid his property tax since 2004 and owes Rs 52,575 as property tax to the Municipal Corporation, going by his own declaration. An official of the property tax department revealed that Chawla has not paid his property tax from 2004 to 2007. He owes Rs 17,525 for 2004, which amounts to a total of Rs 52,575 for three years</b>.
"According to the declaration made by him, Chawla has not shown that he has rented out a portion of his house after August 2004. If the property tax department calculates tax taking into account the earnings he made from rent, and the penalty for late payment, then the figure would go up to around Rs 1 lakh. However, Chawla can take a plea that he did not receive any notice from the MCD. It seems the MCD indeed did not serve any notice under DMC Act. Still, it was obligatory on the part of Chawla to disclose his property details and pay requisite tax in accordance with the stipulated rate for category B," says a source in the MCD
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Pioneer.com
Rajesh Kumar\Neelam Pandey | New Delhi
Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, who was recently in the news for misusing the funds of erstwhile Delhi Vidyut Board, has now been found to be defaulting on house tax payment to the MCD.
The Municipal body, which in the past one year has gone around sealing properties, that too on the slightest pretext, has overlooked the non-payment of property tax by Chawla for his posh 4, Jaipur Estate Nizamuddin house. According to sources, Chawla has given out his property on rent. However, he is understood to have concealed this fact in the papers submitted by him to the MCD.Â
The MCD, which had earlier booked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for putting a grill in her balcony, has not even bothered to check the veracity of the declaration made by her neighbour.
According to an inquiry by The Pioneer,<b> Chawla has not paid his property tax since 2004 and owes Rs 52,575 as property tax to the Municipal Corporation, going by his own declaration. An official of the property tax department revealed that Chawla has not paid his property tax from 2004 to 2007. He owes Rs 17,525 for 2004, which amounts to a total of Rs 52,575 for three years</b>.
"According to the declaration made by him, Chawla has not shown that he has rented out a portion of his house after August 2004. If the property tax department calculates tax taking into account the earnings he made from rent, and the penalty for late payment, then the figure would go up to around Rs 1 lakh. However, Chawla can take a plea that he did not receive any notice from the MCD. It seems the MCD indeed did not serve any notice under DMC Act. Still, it was obligatory on the part of Chawla to disclose his property details and pay requisite tax in accordance with the stipulated rate for category B," says a source in the MCD
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