GMADA Is Chasing Rs 1,000 Crore From Developers While the MC Chases GMADA for Property Tax **शीर्षक (संदर्भ के लिए):** GMADA डेवलपर्स से 1,000 करोड़ रुपये वसूलने में लगी है, जबकि नगर निगम GMADA से संपत्ति कर वसूलने में लगा है **पूरा अनुवाद:** GMADA डेवलपर्स से 1,000 करोड़ रुपये वसूलने में लगी है, जबकि नगर निगम GMADA से संपत्ति कर वसूलने में लगा है। ## GMADA Is Chasing Rs 1,000 Crore From Developers While the MC Chases GMADA for Property Tax GMADA ਵਿਕਾਸਕਾਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ₹1,000 ਕਰੋੜ ਦਾ ਪਿੱਛਾ ਕਰ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਜਦੋਂ ਕਿ MC, GMADA ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਰਟੀ ਟੈਕਸ ਦਾ ਪਿੱਛਾ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।

The Numbers on Both Sides of the Table

The same week that GMADA went after 30 private developers for Rs 1,000 crore in unpaid dues, the Indian Express reported that GMADA itself has outstanding property tax dues to the Mohali Municipal Corporation.

That is not a new development. It is not a rumour. It is documented in Tribune reporting going back to 2013, the year the Mohali MC introduced property tax. Every year since, GMADA has appeared on the list of government departments the MC is chasing for outstanding dues on properties they own within the city limits.

What GMADA Owes and For What Properties

The properties are specific. The Sector 62 Phase 8 office building. Three sports complexes across Mohali. Several commercial shops. All taxable. All within MC jurisdiction. All with dues running.

The figures across years follow the same arc. In 2018-19, GMADA owed approximately Rs 50 lakh. By 2019 that had grown to Rs 80 lakh. By 2020 the outstanding dues stood at Rs 90 lakh, with the three sports complexes alone accounting for Rs 50 lakh of that.

At various points GMADA has made partial payments. One Tribune report notes a payment of around Rs 2 crore including an instalment of Rs 18 lakh. But partial payments and renewed accumulation have recurred through multiple administrations and multiple Mayors. The MC sends Demi Official letters. GMADA officials say they are calculating the dues and will settle once the calculation is complete. The calculation apparently takes a long time.

The Two Frameworks Running in Opposite Directions

When a private developer does not pay GMADA what it owes, GMADA has options. Approval holds. Public disclosure. Stopping further permissions. GMADA's Chief Administrator used all of these tools against the 30 promoters on the June 15 defaulters list.

When a government department does not pay the MC what it owes, the MC has considerably fewer options. It can write letters. It can escalate to higher officials. What it cannot do is seal the GMADA office in Sector 62. The rules that let the MC chase private defaulters through coercive enforcement simply do not apply in the same way when the defaulter is a government body sitting in its own building.

That asymmetry is why government departments accumulate property tax arrears the way they do. The consequences that would immediately discipline a private defaulter are practically unavailable against the government.

What the Anonymous Developer Said in June 2026

In the Rs 1,000 crore dues story, one promoter speaking to Tribune without being named said exactly what you would expect: those who have deposited a major part of their dues are still waiting for infrastructure development by GMADA, while those with large pending dues have been provided with roads and infrastructure.

The specific complaint was about EDC payments and uneven infrastructure delivery in return. But the broader point being made is the same one the Indian Express story makes from a different direction. Enforcement in Mohali runs hard against private parties. It runs a lot softer against government entities. Both situations are documented. Both are simultaneously true. That is the contrast worth sitting with.

The Quote That Predates All of This

When Kulwant Singh was Mayor of Mohali from 2015 to 2020, he wrote to senior Punjab Police officials and demanded the police department pay its property tax arrears to the MC. "It is ironic that a law enforcement agency itself has become a habitual offender," he said.

That was 2019. Kulwant Singh is now the SAS Nagar MLA, his son is the Mayor as of June 9, and the authority whose defaulters list he is now legally challenging has its own unpaid property tax dues sitting on the MC's books. The pattern he once called ironic about the police has been replicated, structurally, by GMADA.

What the New Administration Can Do

AAP controls both the state government and the Mohali MC now. For the first time. That should theoretically reduce the political friction that makes government department property tax collection so difficult. A call from Mayor Samana's office to GMADA's Chief Administrator does not cross party lines anymore.

The Mayor's stated first priorities are garbage collection and a city bus service. Property tax recovery from government departments is a natural next step. No new law needed. Revenue that is owed, collected. Under the current configuration, it requires cooperation rather than confrontation.

Whether the alignment changes anything or whether intra-government awkwardness is just as durable under AAP as it was under everyone else is the actual question. The first monsoon and the first MC budget cycle will give the early answers.

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Sources
- Indian Express — GMADA tightening noose around defaulters, but itself owes outstanding property tax dues to MC, June 19, 2026
- The Tribune — GMADA flags realtors' Rs 1K crore dues as ED probes CLU gaps, June 15, 2026
- The Tribune — DC office, GMADA, Police Dept owe Rs 2 crore property tax to Mohali MC, Tribune archive
- The Tribune — Covid casts shadow on Mohali MC earnings; GMADA owes Rs 90 lakh property tax, September 2020
- The Tribune — Mohali police owe Rs 1 crore to civic body; GMADA owes Rs 50 lakh for sports complexes, Tribune archive 2019
- The Tribune — Govt depts not paying property tax in Mohali, Tribune archive 2014