Chandigarh: Collector rates applicable to institutions in Chandigarh are set for a fresh review, with the administration constituting a high-level committee to determine how different categories of institutional properties should be assessed for the purpose of applying land rates.The move could lead to a revision in the rates applicable to nursing homes and hospitals, educational and social institutions, as well as hotels, clubs and petrol pumps. The administration has tasked a multi-departmental committee with determining the categories of these institutions and reviewing the collector-rate recommendations made by an earlier panel.The committee, constituted by the home department, will be headed by the finance secretary. The deputy commissioner, directors of higher education, school education, health services, social welfare, and food and supplies are its members, while the tehsildar (revenue) has been appointed member secretary.The latest exercise comes against the backdrop of collector-rate recommendations made by a committee headed by the deputy commissioner. The new panel has specifically been asked to review those recommendations.Under the existing recommendations, institutional properties are assessed using different multiplying factors linked to collector rates for corresponding residential or commercial areas.Religious institutions and charitable social institutions have been assigned a factor of 0.25 of the corresponding residential collector rate. Nursing homes and hospitals carry a factor of 1.25, while other social institutions are pegged at the full residential collector rate.Educational institutions, govt-aided private schools and colleges have a factor of 1.25, while private schools and colleges are assessed at 1.5 times the corresponding residential collector rate. Hotels, clubs and petrol pumps are linked to the commercial collector rate, with a multiplying factor of 1.0.“The fresh review will bring several departments into the process, suggesting that the administration intends to examine the categorisation and rate structure across different types of institutional properties before finalising the applicable collector rates,” said a UT official.The notification was issued by the Chandigarh administration’s home department, district administration, and revenue branch.
