36 institutions owe Rs 34 crore to PUDA

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36 institutions owe Rs 34 cr to PUDA
Tribune News Service

Mohali, December 6
At least 36 institutions here owe a whopping Rs 34 crore to the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) here. According to PUDA officials, as many as 36 defaulting institutions have been issued notices to pay up the pending amounts failing which legal action would be initiated against them.

According to a review list of defaulting institutions, more that Rs 2.1 crore has to be paid by the Police Department, Punjab. While Rs 1 crore is pending towards the payment of land on which the Commando Complex has been built in Phase 11, another Rs 7 Lakh is pending in the name of police stations Sector 62 and Sector 57. A sum of Rs 1.3 crore is yet to be paid by PUDA on account of the land given to the Police Department for the construction of multistory flats in Sector 66.

A sum of Rs 3.6 crore has to be paid by the Department of Rural Development and Panchyats towards the cost of land bought by the department for the construction of the Rural Development and Panchayat Bhavan in Phase VIII.

Some of the other major defaulters include the Radha Swami Satsang Beas authorities who owe Rs 4 crore to PUDA towards the payment of external development charges of over 200 acres of land reallotted to them. While the Mohali Club, Phase 11, owed Rs 1.8 crore, the Department of Soil Conservation owed Rs 1.4 crore to PUDA.

A number of educational societies owe PUDA large amounts of money. The Multani Mal Modi College, Phase 11 had to pay PUDA Rs 1.7 crore.

While the Gem Educational Society, Sector 60, owes over Rs 1.4 crore to PUDA the Trinity Educational Society, Sector 69, and Paragon Senior Secondary School, Sector 69, owes over Rs 1 crore each. The International Christian Society in Sector 71 owes more than Rs 86 lakh and the Sherwood Convent Educational Society, Sector 59. owes over Rs 31 lakh.

A sum of Rs 81 lakh is to be paid by the Sanjay Educational Society, Sector 70, Rs 29 lakh by the Star Public School, Sector 69, Rs 32 lakh is to be paid by the Sher-e-Punjab Educational Society and Rs 18 lakh by the Green Field Educational Society, Sector 59. The Sir Macauliff School, Phase 11 Society owes Rs 59 lakh to PUDA while the Shaheed Udham Singh Educational Trust, Sector 53, owes Rs 31 lakh.

Some other educational institutions like the Aanchal Educational Society, Phase VI, Love Walk Educational Trust, Sector 70, Rattan Professional Educational Trust Sohana, owes less than Rs 10 lakh each to PUDA.

The Cooperative Housing Societies that owe large amounts to PUDA include the Defence Service Welfare Trust, Sector 70 (over Rs 1 crore), the Mohali Employees Society (Rs 26 lakh), Mundi Cooperative Society, Sector 70 (Rs 4.8 lakh), the United Cooperative Society, Sector 68 (Rs 3.8 crore) and the Danga Pirat Cooperative Society, Sector 67 (Rs 2.1 (crore)

When contacted, the Additional Chief Administrator, PUDA, Mr Yashvir Mahajan, stated that these institutions had been issued fresh notices for payment. “Some of these institutions have not paid for many years now. In case we are not able to recover these amounts from these institutions this time, we would have to take recourse to legal options,” he said.