Actor Rajinikanth has filed a property tax claim of 6.5 lakh rupees in the Madras High Court for a wedding hall, Raghavendra Mandapam, which he owns in Chennai. As the property has been closed since March 24 of this year in view of the coronavirus lockdown, the actor has argued that he is eligible for remission of property tax vacancies.
The case is on the hearing list before the Madras High Court on Wednesday.
Rajinikanth said he had written to the city corporation after receiving the tax lawsuit, but received no response. In the claim filed by the plaintiff, it is stated that there has been a tax claim for the period between April and September of this year, a period during which he had not conducted any business at the show.
“It is submitted that Section 105 (1) of the Chennai Municipal Corporations Act of 1919, states that any building, whether the owner himself is rented or ordinarily occupied, has been unoccupied and unoccupied for thirty or more consecutive days in Any semester, it will remit so much that it does not exceed half of the part of the tax that relates to the building, only as if it were proportional to the number of days during which the building was unoccupied and unpaid in the half year … “
Therefore, the plaintiff has requested an interim injunction preventing the defendants, the Chennai city commissioner and the revenue officer, from proceeding to execute a two percent property tax fine before it is has adjudicated your notice. It should be noted that the fine is expected to be paid before October 15, hence the court action, according to the petition.
Rajinikanth is ready to formally launch his political party. Expectations are soaring that he would make the announcement before the end of this year. The actor had previously had a run-in with the tax department over income disclosure, which had come to an end shortly after.
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