CHANDIGARH: The UT administration has finally issued eviction notices to 23 petrol pumps of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) for not depositing the ground rent.
The estate office has sent the matter to the sub-divisional magistrates of all three divisions to start the proceedings of the eviction.
The issue of depositing the ground rent is going on for last over one year. Earlier, this year, the estate office had issue notices to 37 petrol pumps — 19 of IOCL, 10 of HPCL and eight of BPCL — to deposit their rent. Only 14 of them had responded. The reluctant behaviour of the others left the UT with no option but to issue the notices.
The total rent of 37 petrol pumps was around Rs 25 crore. Out of these, 14 had paid Rs 14 crore. The remaining 23 petrol pumps have to pay around Rs 11 crore to the administration although the calculation is still going on in some of the cases.
“The oil companies had to pay the amount by the end of March last year, but they failed to do so. The department had held multiple meetings with them and given them sufficient time. The UT has sent the notices to get the land vacated from defaulter petrol pumps,” sources said.
