Govt. buildings owe huge outstanding service charges to BBMP

Ironically, many citizens have received notices asking them to remit property tax dues owing to wrong zonal classification

Many government buildings and departments owe the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), whose major revenue source is property tax, a lot of pending service charges. As per the earlier Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, and the more recent BBMP Act, 2020, the civic body is liable to collect 25% of the property tax, known as service charge, from government buildings and departments. Ironically, many citizens have received notices from the civic body asking them to remit property tax dues owing to wrong zonal classification despite having paid property tax diligently. They are now outraged and seek to know what action the civic body is taking against the defaulters.