<p>The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued show-cause notices to the city’s iconic Shrungar Complex on MG Road over pending property tax.</p>.<p>Basavaraju, assistant revenue officer (ARO) of Shanthinagar sub-division from BBMP East Zone, on Thursday, pasted six notices on the entrance gates of the shopping complex, which is closed for almost two years.</p>.<p>DNL enterprises, a private firm that had entered into a lease contract with the landowners and rented out the property, has to pay a total of Rs 5.7 lakh in property tax to the civic body.</p>.<p>The notices sought an explanation from the firm as to why the properties on the premises of the complex should not be seized to make up for the pending amount.</p>.<p>The Palike claimed that the notices were put on the gates as it didn’t have the firm’s address.</p>.<p>Basavaraju said, “As the whereabouts of the party are not known, we have put the notices on their entrance gate.”</p>.<p>“The firm has failed to pay property tax for the past several years. There is a dispute going on in a court between the traders and the owner. But they cannot get away without paying property tax,” he said.</p>.<p>He added that the manager of the property owner said they would reply in 15 days. “We will send their reply to the commissioner for his decision,” he said.</p>.<p>The iconic shopping complex, that operated for 50 years, housed about 64 shops. It was closed in January 2018 after a 17-year-long legal battle between the tenants and the owner.</p>
<p>The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued show-cause notices to the city’s iconic Shrungar Complex on MG Road over pending property tax.</p>.<p>Basavaraju, assistant revenue officer (ARO) of Shanthinagar sub-division from BBMP East Zone, on Thursday, pasted six notices on the entrance gates of the shopping complex, which is closed for almost two years.</p>.<p>DNL enterprises, a private firm that had entered into a lease contract with the landowners and rented out the property, has to pay a total of Rs 5.7 lakh in property tax to the civic body.</p>.<p>The notices sought an explanation from the firm as to why the properties on the premises of the complex should not be seized to make up for the pending amount.</p>.<p>The Palike claimed that the notices were put on the gates as it didn’t have the firm’s address.</p>.<p>Basavaraju said, “As the whereabouts of the party are not known, we have put the notices on their entrance gate.”</p>.<p>“The firm has failed to pay property tax for the past several years. There is a dispute going on in a court between the traders and the owner. But they cannot get away without paying property tax,” he said.</p>.<p>He added that the manager of the property owner said they would reply in 15 days. “We will send their reply to the commissioner for his decision,” he said.</p>.<p>The iconic shopping complex, that operated for 50 years, housed about 64 shops. It was closed in January 2018 after a 17-year-long legal battle between the tenants and the owner.</p>
