Illegal notifications of property tax dues discovered
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)