The Tribune: Faridabad: Tuesday,
01 September 2020.
The
drive to recover the pending lease rent of over Rs 51 crore from 22 CNG and
petrol pumps here has again failed to reach any conclusion.
Claiming
that a sealing notice has been served to defaulters, HSVP Administrator Pradeep
Dahiya said the DGM of one of the oil companies had promised to deposit the
dues shortly. “However, if not done within the given time period, pumps would
be sealed,” he added.
The rent
of the pumps located on the HSVP land is pending for the past several years.
“Though several meetings have taken place between the authorities concerned and
the pump owners over the pending amount of dues since January this year, the
issue stands unresolved,” said a source in the HSVP office, adding: “The
pandemic and the lockdown have further deferred the process, affecting the
recovery.”
Of the
total dues, the outstanding amount towards CNG and petrol pumps is Rs 33.02
crore and Rs 18.02 crore, respectively. A total of 22 CNG and 15 petrol pumps
are functional on the land of the HSVP which need to pay an annual rent of Rs
18.02 crore.
A pump
in sector 20-B has failed to pay Rs 4.30 crore, since February 1997, it is
claimed. Another one is yet to pay Rs 48.96 lakh, pending since December 1997.
While dues of four pumps are outstanding since 2000, the year of pendency of
rest of the pumps is between 2002 and 2019.
“Majority
of these have neither renewed the lease agreement nor paid the rent,” said an
official on the condition of anonymity. A notice of land resumption had also
been issued in January this year.
An
appeal has also been filed in the HSVP office under the RTI Act to get
information about the rent collected from such pumps. Varun Sheokand, a local
resident, had filed an RTI plea in December last year. “The authorities are yet
to reply to my application,” he said.
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