Overview
- State lawmakers passed an amendment to the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act that restores the BMC’s power to levy and collect property tax retrospectively from April 2010 and authorizes the Municipal Commissioner to set capital‑value rules.
- The new law enables recovery of the withheld 50% that many owners paid under court orders, covering about 1.05 million properties, while residential units of 500 sq ft or less remain excluded from retrospective recovery.
- The BMC says it has collected roughly ₹6,449–₹6,499 crore this year, or 87.86% of its target, and it has warned of property attachment and seizure after the March 31 deadline as Citizen Facilitation Centres stay open with extended hours.
- Enforcement has intensified with high‑profile actions, including attachment of seven Kamala Mills units and water disconnections to recover ₹14.22 crore, alongside thousands of other attachments and hundreds of seizures and auctions already in process.
- Debate over the move spilled into politics with an opposition walkout over the bill’s swift passage, while nearby Navi Mumbai is pushing collections with thousands of notices and a 50% late‑fee waiver that runs through March 31.