Gurgaon: The special panel appointed by the Haryana Government paved the way for the municipal corporation to restart collecting property tax in Gurgaon.

The corporation was suspended from collecting tax in June this year, following claims of mistaken land tax bills received by many land owners.

The body will start tax collection as soon as it gets notifications from Chandigarh.

The special panel was selected by Haryana’s public work minister. As per the new rules implemented, residents of Gurgaon will have to shell out Rs 1 for every square yard, until their plots measure not more than 300 sq yd. Rates for plot between 301 sq yd and two acres will be charged between Rs 4 to Rs 10 per sq yd.

For the commercial plots Rs 12 per sq yd up to 1,000 sq yd has been decided and Rs 15 for every sq yd above this size. Basements are tax free as they are exclusively used for parking purposes.

The municipal corporation had collected Rs 270 crore as property tax past one year.

The body said it was a notorious act by some people to evade the property tax.