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Teachers’ scam: Manik Bhattacharya challenges Calcutta HC order on property confiscation

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress legislator and the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE)’s former President Manik Bhattacharya on Wednesday challenged the order of Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench directing Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to confiscate his property.
Bhattacharya, his wife Satarupa Bhattacharya and son Saouvik Bhattacharya are in judicial custody now because of their alleged involvement in the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment scam in West Bengal.
On February 27, a single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay directed the CBI to confiscate all of Bhattacharya’s properties taking a strong note of his missing the deadline tp paying a penalty of Rs 7,00,000 in two cases related to the teachers’ recruitment scam. Justice Gangopadhyay observed that despite missing the deadline for payment of the penalty, neither had Bhattacharya taken any initiative to pay it or inform the court about his inability on this count. Thereafter, he directed the CBI to confiscate all his properties.
On Wednesday, Bhattacharya’s counsel approached a division bench of Justice Subrata Talukdar and Justice Supratim Bhattacharya challenging the order of the single-judge bench on this count. The matter will come up from hearing this week only.
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March 1, 2023
Property Tax: Municipalities start passing resolutions to adopt decision, says Div Com V K Bidhuri

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Srinagar, Mar 01: Days after the government announced levying of property tax in Jammu & Kashmir, the administration on Wednesday said that the Municipal Corporations and Committees have started passing the resolution to adopt the decision and that the transparency system in the Union territory has no comparison with rest of the country.
In an exclusive chat with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, V K Bidhuri, said that the Municipal Corporations and committees require resources to run the affairs, but presently these corporations and committees are generating only 10-15 per cent of the revenue and are dependant for rest of the resources. To ensure better facilities, every municipality requires resources and property tax is the best decision to generate revenue for the wellbeing of the people,” he said.
He added that J&K is the last in the country where the property tax has been imposed, but the government decided to go with a minimum tax. “The rural areas are already out while in Urban areas, Agricultural land and other falling under master plan are also exempted,” he said while appealing people not to pay heed over the sayings, but they should calculate on their own.
“Tax is not being imposed on any individual but it is being levied on a property and people having property on less than 1000 sq ft are already exempted,” he said while replying to a query.
He further said that out of total 5.20 lakh residential houses, 40% among them have been exempted as the properties have come up on less than 1000 sq ft. “The tax amount is different in different areas and districts and is being decided as per the circle rate,” he said.
He also said that after the decision was taken in this regard; the municipalities have started passing the resolution to adopt the decision.
He added that the tax amount will be used only for the developmental purpose in the respective municipalities. He added that the tax will have to remain the same for three years and will be reviewed after three years as per the circle rate.
The property tax will ensure resources for the development and better facilities to the people and will also bring a sense of ownership among them, he told KNO.

He added that there is a transparency system in J&K and there is no comparison with J&K’s transparency system with any part of the country. “The transparency system in J&K cannot be found anywhere in the country where even the photos of developmental works are being uploaded,” he said.
Asked about a complete shift to online mode, the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, said that the process has already been done and every work is being done through online mode now.
About the smart city project works, he said that the deadline has been squeezed to April and the works are going on at a rapid pace during day as well as night. “The people will face inconvenience, but the works will be completed on April 15 while carpeting and other related things will be done by April 30th,” he said.
Asked about the encroachment drive, he said that retrieving encroached land is their regular activity and the government is responsible for it. “We are duty bound to carry out our encroachment drive for the people. We are re-strategizing it at present, but the poor will not be touched,” he said.
Asked about the completion of installation of smart meters across Kashmir, he said that the process will be completed in net two years—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 1, 2023
PSAJK Urges Admin to Exempt Schools from Property Tax

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Says Schools already under financial stress due to situation during past 3 years; Any new tax will derail upgradation of schools under NEP, burden parents
Srinagar, Feb 28 (GNS): Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) has urged the LG led administration to exempt educational institutes from the ambit of property tax.
In a statement issued to GNS, the Association said that the schools have suffered a lot during the last few years and this has plunged the majority of educational institutes into a financially precarious situation. “Our schools are under huge debt. The inflation has broken the back of our institutes. We cannot go for a major fee hike as we have to consider the financial situation of the parents too. In such conditions when our hands are tied, the imposition of property tax will further burden us”, reads the statement.
The Association said that the imposition of any tax ultimately has to be borne by the end consumer and in case of schools it is the parents. “There are two ways where schools can absorb the shock of any more taxes. In the first case the parents have to bear the burden as the tax component will directly reflect in the fee of children. Secondly if parents are not in a position to pay more, then the school will have to go for cost cutting exercise. Schools will downsize or remove facilities aiming to provide quality education to children,” the spokesperson said. “In all cases it is the society that will suffer.”
The Association said that under the New Education Policy (NEP) schools have to upgrade their facilities. “We have to meet the standards of NEP and for that we need to upgrade. But when we are financially unstable how can we provide quality education to children,” said the Spokesperson.
The Association appealed to the government to reconsider their decision to impose property tax on educational institutes keeping in view its impact on the schools and parents. (GNS)
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February 28, 2023
Delhi HC adjourns hearing on Asiya Andrabi’s plea against property seizure

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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday adjourned hearing on the pleas by two Kashmiri separatists Sofi Fehmeeda and Asiya Andrabi against National Investigation Agency (NIA) for seizure of their car and house in Jammu and Srinagar cities, respectively.
On the request of the counsel for appellants, the court adjourned the matter for April 26.
Last year, the agency had opposed the appeal moved by Andrabi and others, saying it was established that premises have been used by the Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM)for holding meetings to commit unlawful activities and terrorist activities.
Andrabi is the chief of banned terrorist outfit DeM, which advocates violent secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India.
In 2019, the NIA issued attachments orders for the seizure of Andrabi’s house and her associate Fehmeeda’s car, alleging that these properties were proceeds of terrorism and were used to further terrorist activities.
Andrabi has been charged with violating the provisions of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).
On directions of the Union Home Ministry, the NIA registered a case against them and the organisation.

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February 28, 2023
Abencia Meza: her ex-partner betrayed her, sold her property and left her bankrupt

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Singer Abencia Meza, Incarcerated in the San Monica prison, she witnessed the bankruptcy of her businesses. In addition, her ex-partner Zundy Culquimboz sold one of her properties.
Abencia Meza he lost almost everything. The folk music singer, who is serving a sentence for the crime against Alicia Delgado, pleads for her release. “D-Day” contacted the interpreter for her to give details of her days in jail and her request for her release. In the communication, it was revealed that she lost her belongings and her business went bankrupt. Zundy Culquimboz, with whom she had a romantic relationship before entering prison, sold her home in La Molina, valued at $420,000.
However, she downplays these assets and is waiting for Dina Boluarte to give her a pardon. “Sooner or later everything comes to light. The bad is never, ever hidden,” she said. “Painful was her departure, but she always lives with me,” she added.
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February 28, 2023
Govt Issues Final Notice For Submission Of Annual Property Returns – Kashmir News

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Government of Jammu and Kashmir has issued Final Notice for submission of Annual Property Returns by the J&K Government Employees on PRS Portal, Vide Circular No. 52-JK(GAD) of 2022 dated 22.12.2022, followed by notification dated 25.01.2023, all the employees working under Jammu and Kashmir Government were advised to file their property returns for the year 2022 on the PRS portal, which is accessible on httos://ors.ik. gov.in, from 1 of January, 2023 to 31® of January, 2023.
However, it has been observed that many employees have failed to submit their property returns within the stipulated timeline and have thus made a
default in this mandatory process. It has also been observed that various employees have registered themselves on the portal but not submitted their property returns, thus they too have caused a default in submission of their details.
The failure/non-submission of the property returns by the Government employees invites a punitive action under the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Men and Public Servants Declaration of Assets Act and Rules made thereunder. Further, the defaulting employees shall be guilty of committing criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act and shall be punishable under the said Act.
Moreover, non-submission of the property returns will result in denial of the vigilance clearance of defaulting employees. The matter has been considered in the General Administration The matter has been considered in the General Administration Department and it has been decided that a last and final opportunity may be granted to these defaulting employees, who have failed to submit their property returns within the stipulated timeline. Thereafter, no more opportunity shall be granted and action as mentioned above shall be initiated against the defaulters.
Accordingly, the submission of property returns by the defaulting employees shall be allowed through online mode on the Property Return System (PRS Portal) w.e.f. 28.02.2023 to 10.03.2023.
All those employees who had registered themselves on the Portal but not submitted their property returns shall submit the same, besides, the unregistered employees shall get themselves registered on the portal and subsequently submit their property returns, during the above stipulated period.
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February 27, 2023
No property tax on 40% of J&K population; remaining to pay

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Amount fixed on J&K UT one tenth of Shimla, Ambala, Dehradun; Shopkeepers too to pay nominal tax annually; J&K people must come forward to build better UT
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said that 40 per cent of the J&K population will have to pay no property tax and the remaining 60 per cent have to pay nominal amount between Rs 600 to Rs 1000 maximum amount per annum. He said that tax amount fixed is one-tenth of the tax being paid by Shimla, Ambala and Dehradun.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at SKICC here, the LG as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said in J&K, 2, 0, 3,680 households are less than 1500 Sq feet.
“Fourty per cent people won’t have to pay the tax. Eighty percent of the 2,0,3680 households will have to pay nominal amount of Rs 600 only while rest will have to pay a nominal amount of Rs 1000 as property tax per annum. This amount is one-tenth of the tax amount being paid by Shimla, Ambala and Dehradun,” the LG Sinha said.
About the commercial including shops, the LG said that 1,01000 shops are in J&K of which 42 per cent shops are less than 100 sq feet. “These shops will have to pay less than Rs 700 per anum. 76 per cent of the total shops of 1,1000 shops will have to pay very minimum amount as the property tax,” he said, adding that the amount collected will directly go into the accounts of Municipal Corporations and utilized for the development of the areas where tax will be collected.
“I urge the common people of J&K to come forward and help build a better J&K,” the LG said.
Pertinently, the J&K government announced imposition of property tax in the UT from April 1. The move evoked sharp criticism from the cross section of the society and the political parties, who demanded immediate rollback of the order.
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February 27, 2023
Nothing Short Of Complete Withdrawal Of Property Tax Acceptable: Sadhotra

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SRINAGAR: Former minister and senior National Conference leader, Ajay Kumar Sadhotra, has stated that the people of Jammu and Kashmir will not accept anything less than a complete withdrawal of property tax. Sadhotra today wondered over the parallels being drawn by the government between Jammu and Kashmir and other states of the country in a bid to justify its anti-people, illogical and authoritarian decision of levying property tax.
“The desperate attempts of launching a propaganda campaign through media and all its administrative apparatus is a candid admission of the government that it is on defensive in the wake of stiff resistance being given by the people to its unwarranted and provocative decisions, one after another “, Mr Sadhotra said in a statement.
He said the government cannot compare J&K with other states in respect of the civic facilities, which are reduced to the extent of filth all over, especially during the past few years. Instead of upgrading these facilities, the people in the urban and semi-urban areas are being punished by way of paying taxes. He referred to the filth and garbage in the Jammu City– the most thronged pilgrim destination in north India and said the conditions are worse in the areas like Bantalab, Muthi, Ploura, Durga Nagar and similar other localities, which stand testimony to the municipal apathy.
“Irony of the non governance is that instead of going for the course correction those holding the constitutional position are mocking the people by provocative gestures like their purchasing capacities”, he said, hoping that bare minimum sensitivity would be shown by responsible people at the helm. Such tantrums are against civility and good human behaviour, the former minister said.
Mr Sadhotra feared that the decision of imposing the property tax would be extended to the rural area once implemented in the urban pockets. The government is testing the public response as well as patience by imposing unjust decisions on them, he said.
Mr Ajay Sadhotra cautioned the double engine governments against taking policy decisions in J&K, which remain the domain of the democratically elected dispensations. Denying democracy to people is hallmark of the BJP model of governance. This might have worked for some time but can’t work all the time keeping in view democratic ethos of the country. He said the National Conference will fight anti people measures democratically, given its track record of fighting the just cause of all segments of J&K.
Mr Sadhotra recalled the waiving of tax on the rental of the properties in Jammu and Kashmir during the NC government, led by Dr Farooq Abdullah as Chief Minister between ¹996 and 2002, saying this is how people’s governments work in the larger public interest. Politically naive and insensitive BJP should learn lessons from the good governance and work for public welfare, he said. “Nothing short of the complete withdrawal of the property tax will be acceptable to people of J&K”, Mr Sadhotra maintained.

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February 26, 2023
PDP Protests Against Property Tax Imposition

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SRINAGAR: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Saturday staged a protest march calling for the reversal of the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to impose property tax in the Union Territory starting on April 1. The new tax rates will be 5% for residential properties and 6% for commercial properties.
Suhail Bukhari, the PDP’s chief spokesperson, and dozens of party members set out on a protest march from the PDP offices near Sher-e-Kashmir Park. The party activists shouted anti-property tax chants and called for its roll-back.
A police presence near the Traffic Headquarters prevented the protesters from continuing their march into the Lal Chowk city centre. They later turned back and dispersed.
Addressing to reporters, Bukhari claimed that the government was attempting to erode the Jammu and Kashmiri people’s purchasing power.
“First, our political freedoms were taken away; next, democracy was buried here; last, the homes of the poor were destroyed and they were subjected to harassment. The property tax is next. In the previous five years, Jammu and Kashmir’s economic position has gotten worse. The industrial sector here is weak, and there is no employment (creation),” he said.
As per the PDP’s chief spokesperson, the government should have held the people’s hands “but instead the BJP government is seeking to deepen the people’s concerns.”
He urged the government to roll back its decision.

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February 25, 2023
Lt Governor’s Statement On Property Tax – Kashmir News

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Jammu, Feb 25: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha said citizens’ welfare is foremost priority of the government and property tax will ensure financial self-sustainability of cities and improvement of public amenities in the Union Territory.
The Lt Governor said: “Our cities must witness rapid development and emerge as engines of growth. For that financial self-sustainability of cities is necessary. Property tax in J&K will be one of the lowest in the country and will be used for improving public amenities in J&K.”
“Implementation shall be done in consultation with general public. Common citizens’ interests will be protected,” he added.(GNS)

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February 25, 2023