India, Jan. 31 -- Acting swiftly, the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) has cracked down on property tax defaulters within its jurisdiction, catching them by surprise by issuing 447 pre-seizure notices and 27 warrants to attach their properties. The action has resulted in some defaulters toeing the line even as a housing federation has challenged the tax levied with retrospective effect, asking the defaulters to pay as per the interim court order. The Kharghar Cooperative Housing Societies Federation has filed a writ petition against the tax levied by PMC with retrospective effect from 2016, when it was formed.

The latest PMC action comes following instructions from municipal commissioner Mangesh Chitale to the property tax department. ...