Chandigarh, April 16
In a significant decision, the Haryana Right to Service Commission has expressed displeasure over the functioning of Municipal Corporation-Faridabad and ordered to pay Rs 5,000 compensation to a complainant.
Faridabad resident Shri Raja Ram had lodged a complaint before the Commission that his property tax has been wrongly assessed to a very high amount by Municipal Corporation-Faridabad. He said transparency was not maintained in tax assessment and despite repeated requests, neither the correct calculation was done on time nor his objections were resolved.
Giving information, a spokesperson of the Commission said after investigating the matter, the Commission found that even though the property tax has been recalculated by the corporation, unnecessary delay in this process is regrettable. The Commission clarified that if the complainant had not approached the Commission and had not made continuous efforts, he would have had to pay a huge amount of property tax on the basis of arbitrary calculation done by the department.
It is noteworthy that the Municipal Corporation-Faridabad had initially fixed the property tax of Rs 16,06,360 and 70 paise for the year 2023-24, which has now been reduced to Rs 87,358.
Exercising powers vested under Section 17(1)(H) of the Haryana Right to Service Act, 2014, the Commission has ordered to provide compensation of Rs 5,000 to the complainant. This compensation will be given from the funds of Municipal Corporation-Faridabad.
The Commissioner, Municipal Corporation-Faridabad, has been directed to deposit this amount in the bank account of the complainant and recover this compensation from the employees responsible in the case who repeatedly made wrong calculations and caused unnecessary delay.
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