In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, the land of Cantt is used by Railways along with Income Tax, BSNL, CGST. Whose tax is collected by the Cantt in the form of service charge. Service charges worth crores of rupees are still pending on these companies. In this connection, Central Command Lucknow N Satyanarayana Director first reached Meerut to collect service charges and other taxes of Cantt Board. He talked to officials of Income Tax, BSNL, CGST and Railways. The officials assured the director to deposit the charges when the budget comes. Nominated member of the board, Satish Sharma also informed the director about the problems of the common people. He said that the proposal to include the Cantt Board in the Municipal Corporation has been sent to the government. But work has not been done on the proposal yet. Because of which the public is worried.
Director N Satyanarayana said that the offices of Income Tax, BSNL, CGST and Railways are on the land of Cantt. According to the Cantt Board Act, tax is collected from the concerned department as service charge, which is used for the personal work and beautification of the Cantt Board. But the tax was not deposited by the department for many years. He told that service charge of Rs 3 crore has to be taken from Income Tax Department, Rs 12 crore from Railways, Rs 12 crore from CGST and Rs 17 lakh from BSNL.
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In this regard, Cantt Board CEO Zakir Hussain wrote a letter to the department and informed. But service charge was not deposited. N Satyanarayana discussed with the higher officials of the concerned department and asked where to deposit the service charge. He says that if despite this the department does not deposit the charges then action will be taken against them as per rules.
Due since 1982
Cantt Board nominated member Satish Sharma said that if the board had collected the service charge on time, this money would have been used for the salaries of the employees and beautification of the Cantt Board. But the Central Command had to come to Meerut to recover crores of rupees. While apprising the Central Command about the problems of the public, he said that the Cantt MLA and he have proposed to include the bungalow area in the Municipal Corporation. Brainstorming is going on at the government level. Central Command Lucknow N Satyanarayana Director I also told that several letters have been written by the Railways for the dues and the dues of the Railways are since 1982. His dues have not been paid for a long time.
