Illegal notifications of property tax dues discovered
TANGERANG (JP): Several illegal notifications of property tax dues covering a total of 4.5 hectares of land, in two villages in Tangerang, have been found circulating in the Ciseka district.
Ciseka district chief Benyamin Davnie told The Jakarta Post yesterday the notifications are not equipped with the land plot numbers, vital for processing the land certificates in the Tangerang administration.
"We found out the column for the plot number in each of the illegal notifications is blank," Davnie said. After a thorough investigation they discovered that the illegal notifications cover part of the Cikuya plantation, which belongs to the government.
The Cikuya plantation, located in the Jeunjing and Munjul villages, are currently managed by 20 families for planting horticulture crops.
Davnie believed the notifications were not issued through the proper procedure because, based on existing requirements, the issuance of such a notification is done in several stages, in which land owners are asked to hold a letter of recommendation from subdistrict heads.
"These letters are approved by the district chiefs, who later report the approvals to me in weekly meetings," Davnie said, adding that he has not received any such reports regarding illegal notifications from the chiefs.
Davnie also reiterated that notifications of property taxes due are not the same as land ownership documents. They only consist of an announcement to pay property taxes and can be used to process land certificates.
"I have reported the irregularity to the National Land Agency and asked the agency to block any proposals for the processing of land certificates using the illegal notifications," he said.
Head of the agency's Tangerang regency chapter, A. Mantjik, said he has received reports on the malfeasance from the Ciseka district head.
"The agency will conduct a field investigation to help prevent the illegal notifications from being used to apply for land certificates," Mantjik said. (13/yns)