Excess property tax charged by society for the past period.
Oliveiro Carvalho
(Querist) 08 April 2013
This query is : Resolved
Society has charged excess Property Tax by Rs. 1,800/- from July 2000 onwards.
I was aware of the above excess Property Tax only when I received the new Property Tax bill.
I want refund of the excess Property Tax paid by me for all these years from the Society.
Can you please advise me the procedures – legal/Registrar, to claim this excess Property Tax if the Society does not agree for the refund.
Thanks
Oliver
B K Raghavendra Rao
(Expert) 11 April 2013
Before proceeding to think of action, you need to know what exactly is the property tax. Ascertain it from revenue authorities under documentation. You need to have receipts for having paid your taxes to the society. Issue a letter from your side (not legal notice) stating the facts and request for refund of excess tax collected by the society. If the society does not respond positively, issue a legal notice calling the society to refund the excess taxes collected by it within a stipulated time. If it does not refund, then you need to file a money recovery suit in the jurisdictional civil court.
