On bank account seizure report, AMU says all taxes paid, matter in court

Jan 5, 2021

Aligarh: Responding to media reports that Aligarh Municipal Corporation has seized the bank account of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) after the varsity failed to pay the property tax dues of over Rs 14 crores, the AMU has clarified in a statement that the University has been paying house tax for residential areas, and it got exemption for the classrooms, laboratories and libraries from the Aligarh Nagar Palika.

The Banaras Hindu University and some other central institutions also got house tax exemption from the High Court and no tax is levied on classrooms, laboratories and libraries.

AMU further pointed out that the matter is subjudice and the case is pending in the Allahabad High Court. The Court of small causes is also hearing AMU’s plea.

In fact, the University has an outstanding amount of over Rs nine crores against Aligarh Nagar Nigam that has not paid electric consumption charges for its tube wells for water supply.

In 2006, when Aligarh Nagar Nigam came into being, it reversed the decision and University approached the High Court and the case is still pending, the AMU PRO release said.

–India News Stream