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Like all other bills citizens must pay house tax on time

We the citizens of Goa are paying all the bills for example electricity department bill, water connection bill, cable TV and WiFi bills on time but the yearly House tax bills are not paid on time. The village panchayat office and municipality office are getting revenue  through house tax and the business shops in the areas but the question is why the people are not paying their house tax on time every year. Many are not paying the house tax for years.  Why the village panchayat office and municipality office are not appointing the staff to go to every single house in their areas with the notice to pay the pending tax in the village panchayat and municipality office ? The sarpanch and Municipality chief officer should take responsibility and solve the issue as soon as possible to get income in the village panchayat office and municipality office so that all goes well.  The people should also write an application to correct their name and address if it is mentioned wrongly on the payment receipt.


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More means to permit illegal structures through back door?

GREGORY E D'SOUZA, Siolim
Published Jul 30, 2025, 10:41 PM IST
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The Goa government was totally cornered with the bill to grab land that it believes is abandoned with no legal heirs. First these are immovable properties and many cases of land sales have taken place with the help of the officers in the various departments coordinating the sale. Most of the land owners may have migrated but the Mamlatdar, the land registry officers and land surveyors play the role of facilitating such illegal sales. As it is, many Mamlatdars and talathis…

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