Pune: PMC on Friday extended the deadline to fill up the mandatory PT3 form to avail 40% tax relief to November 30 for self-occupied properties in the traditional Pune civic areas and till January 30 next year for those in 34 merged areasThe Pune Municipal Corporation(PMC) received only around 79,000 PT3 forms till the earlier deadline of November 15.Around 2 lakh declarations about self-occupied properties are expected.The property owners should complete the formalities at the earliest. The submission of forms is mandatory to avail the tax benefit. The data about self-occupancy can be confirmed after getting the forms. This will help in allotting the discount to those who have received additional tax in bills as arrears, but not liable to it, said Ajit Deshmukh, head of PMCs property tax department.A tax discount of 40% for self-occupied properties was started in 1970, but was not notified as an act by state governments till the last decade. Auditors of the Union government declared the discount was illegal and it was scrapped in 2019.PMC had started recovering discounted amounts as arrears from 2021. After opposition from the public, the recovery drive was stopped. Considering the citizens opposition, the state cabinet in April 2023 reintroduced the discount. The notification was issued in July.Sudhir Kulkarni of Nagari Hakka Samiti, a citizens group, said, PMC has the manpower and infrastructure to cross-verify self-occupancy data. Citizens should not be made to run from pillar to post.Each self-occupied property owner will have to submit a PT3 form, no objection certificate from the society stating the owner occupies the property, identity proof and property tax bill of any other property owned by the same taxpayer in the PMC limits.We also published the following articles recentlyIndia votes against Israeli settlements in occupied territoryIndia has voted in favor of a resolution in the UN General Assembly condemning Israeli settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. This annual resolution, titled Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan, received support from 145 countries. India had previously voted in favor of similar resolutions. The resolution condemns settlement activities and any actions that involve land confiscation, disruption of livelihood, forced civilian transfers, and annexation of land. The United States, Canada, Hungary, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Nauru voted against the resolution.India votes against Israeli settlements in occupied territoryIndia joined 144 other countries in voting in favor of a resolution in the UN General Assembly that condemns Israeli settlement activities in Occupied Palestinian Territory. The resolution, which is brought up annually, was approved by the committee with a recorded vote of 145 in favor, 7 against, and 18 abstentions. India has previously voted in favor of this resolution but abstained from another one last month that called for a humanitarian truce in Gaza. India supports a two-state solution and adherence to international humanitarian law.Prague freezes Russias property on Czech territoryThe Czech government has frozen Russian-owned property in the country in response to the conflict in Ukraine. The move comes as part of sanctions against a company managing Russian property abroad. The companys bank account will be frozen, and listings of its real estate in the land register will be blocked to prevent sales. The measure does not affect Russias diplomatic missions in the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has been a strong supporter of Ukraine, providing aid and welcoming refugees. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba praised the Czech governments action.

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