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Actor Rajinikanth has filed a writ petition within the Madras High Court difficult the demand of property tax to the tune of ₹6.50 lakh for his Raghavendra marriage hall positioned at Kodambakkam right here.
His case against the demand made by the Greater Chennai Corporation for the half-yearly interval, from April to September, has been listed for admission earlier than Justice Anita Sumanth on Wednesday.
According to the case filed by the actor, via his counsel Vijayan Subramanian, he had been paying property tax frequently for the marriage hall. The tax was paid final on February 14.
Subsequently the pandemic broke out, forcing the Centre and State governments to impose a lockdown. As a outcome, his marriage hall had remained vacant and was not rented to anybody since March 24.
In such circumstances, the actor obtained a property tax bill from the Corporation on September 10, asking him to pay ₹6.50 lakh as property tax for the months April via September.
Stating that he had cancelled all bookings for his marriage hall after March 24 and even refunded the advance cash in accordance with the federal government directions, the actor mentioned he was entitled to emptiness remission on property tax.
He identified that Section 105 of the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act of 1919 supplies for remission of tax if the premises remained vacant for over 30 days and insisted on in accordance the profit to him.
The actor additionally mentioned he had despatched a discover on this regard to the Corporation on September 23 however there was no reply until date. He sought for a course to the civic physique to get rid of his discover and never levy penalty or curiosity until then.
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