Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) will issue Property Identification Number (PID) to all the property owners in city by next month.
PID number is a unique number which is a combination of ward, street and door numbers.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Chairman of Standing Committee for Taxation and Finance K A Muneendra Kumar said they have identified more than 16 lakh properties through the Geographical Information System (GIS), of which they have already assigned 13 lakh PIDs.
“We have completed assigning PIDs to the properties in core Bangalore and remaining task in outskirts will be done soon,” he said.
Muneendra also said that after September 23, BBMP will assign PIDs.
Palike budget had estimated to collect `2,000 crore from property tax for the year 2012-13.
So far, they have collected `921 crore.
At present there are 28 Revenue Officer (RO) and 60 Assistant Revenue Officers (ARO).
Muneendra further explained that they shall conduct meeting with ROs and AROs and instruct them to conduct physical inspection of properties, especially commercial establishments like IT-BT companies, community halls and apartments.
“These officials will check the property tax paid by the owners of commercial establishments.
There are many tax defaulters, once we get the property tax defaulters, we shall send notice and collect the amount,” he said.