Congress leader terms property tax anti-people, demands its immediate revocation:MONGA

Sarinagar OCTOBER (PTK) Senior congress leader and former MLC G N Monga on Saturday terms property tax law anti people and demanded that it must be revocated immediately.

He said that this law is anti people, against the will of people of J&K and government must immediately revocate it.

Taking to Press trust of kashmir,GN Monga said People are already facing lot of problems and by these laws people will suffer more, he said

Pertinently the Government of India has amended two municipal laws of Jammu & Kashmir to empower administration of the Union Territory to levy and collect property tax.

According to the official documents, the Union Home Ministry on Monday notified “The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir Re-organisation (adaptation of state laws order) 2020 to amend different laws including Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act-2000 and Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act-2000.

According to the amendments carried out in Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Act-2000 and Jammu & Kashmir Municipal Corporation Act-2000, property tax shall be levied on all lands and buildings or vacant lands or both situated within the municipal area.(PTK)