The Vadodara Municipal Company (VMC) on Thursday sealed the Pirameter Highway fish market on Rajmahal Highway, allegedly over non-payment of hire by its “tenants” for over a decade.
The civic physique additionally issued notices to 2 procuring complexes in Panigate and Wadi in addition to Mogulwada mutton market the place a number of tenants are allegedly but to clear dues of over 5 years.
Early on Thursday, groups of the VMC’s market division arrived at Pirameter fish market and eliminated the plastic crates and different belongings of the distributors to provoke the method of sealing the premises resulting from “violation of lease circumstances”. In a discover pasted on the sealed gate of the premises, the VMC’s market division said, “The VMC-administered fish market in Pirameter street had been given out on lease for a payment and extra GST, with none rights to have possession of the property. Nonetheless, regardless of repeated notices issued to you to pay the stipulated hire for the designated spots out there, you could have continued to disregard the discover… As per the principles, authorities premises given out to be used are to be sealed and brought again in case of violation of phrases of lease settlement.” The discover additionally warned that “unauthorised” use of the premises can be handled as “trespass”.
Vijay Panchal, Market Superintendent of the VMC, informed The Indian Categorical that the fish merchants had not cleared hire funds for over a decade. Panchal mentioned, “We now have initiated the proceedings in opposition to the tenants of economic premises who haven’t cleared the dues. We now have issued notices to distributors of Mogulwada mutton market in addition to merchants in Panigate and Wadi procuring complexes. If they don’t clear their dues, the premises might be sealed.”
Panchal mentioned whereas 9 out of the 14 outlets leased out in Panigate procuring advanced have been served notices for clearing excellent dues, six of 30 outlets within the Wadi procuring advanced can be sealed in case the funds weren’t cleared. Panchal additionally mentioned 20 out of 21 mutton distributors have been served notices for “violation” of lease settlement. “We started with the tenants, who’ve been defaulting for 5 and 10 years. Subsequent in line might be these whose rental funds are due for below 5 years…,” he added.
