The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has extended the deadline for payment of property tax, big players like DLF and other private builder area residents have denied paying. Residents say they will not move till the civic body takes over these areas from private players.

The civil writ plea filed by the Gurgaon Citizens Council (GCC) on the issue will be heard in the Punjab and Haryana high court on December 2.

According GCC, which is an umbrella body of various resident welfare associations in the new Gurgaon area, the MCG should first start providing them basic facilities like water, roads, and streetlights, among others, before they start paying property tax. They also said they have to pay twice – first the maintenance charges to the private builder and then to the MCG.

The residents have decided not to pay the property tax as the case in this regard is still pending in the court. The residents are hoping to get a respite from the court.

The residents re ready to pay maintenance to the private builder as because it is providing them services, but why should they pay tax to the MCG when it is not providing us even a single service enquired a resident.

The civic body staff, on the other hand, insists that all private builder area residents should pay property tax like the rest.

The municipal act says that the even they have to pay tax because the civic body provides them other services like the construction and demolition waste plant that we are planning to set up. Even these residents can send the C&D waste to this plant and avail the benefit.Moreover, the civic body is gearing up to take over these private builder areas.