Summary:
However, for agencies like Central and Western Railway, there are many disputes towards taxes like levying service tax instead of property tax. The list of defaulters also includes big corporate houses, real estate developers and land owners. DNA had earlier reported about top private companies like Hindustan Composites Ltd, Jet Airways, Bharat Diamond Bourse and other top companies being in the list of top 14 defaulters of BMC's property tax for the current financial year. Each of these agencies have dues going in crores and the money is locked as many are embroiled in litigation. According to the official, "Last year BMC cleared dues from the Collector and police in return of some of BMC's pending payments to the agencies..