in a major setback to traders in the city, the Supreme Court-appointed Monitoring Committee on Friday said the deadline for registration of shops falling on 2,183 newly-notified roads, those dealing in 25 small trades and businesses, and professionals would not be extended beyond December 31.
“We visited some of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi’s Citizen Service Bureaus (CSBs) in the city where online registration process is going on and found the entire work going on smoothly. We have also not got any feedback regarding any technical snag in the civic body’s website or in the filling the forms. When everything is going smoothly, there is no question of extending the deadline,” said a Monitoring Committee member.
The Monitoring Committee members asked the MCD officials deputed at CSBs and other information counters to keep a format ready for the benefit of traders so that they come prepared for registration and complete the process without any hassle.
“it seems that both the traders and municipal authorities are painting a wrong picture by stating that there were some technical problems in completing the registration process online. They have been sending wrong representations,” said the member.
Stating that extension of the deadline would send a wrong signal, the member said two more days were left for completion of the registration process by which time traders could easily complete the process. “Whenever a date is fixed to complete some process, traders do not follow the schedule and at the last moment seek relaxation. They do not comply with court orders and at the last moment seek extension of deadline. We have done it earlier but now we want traders to comply with the Supreme Court orders,” he added.
The member said around 3,000 traders could register online at a time. So, in the next two days, the online registration, which is open round-the-clock, the remaining traders could easily complete the registration process of their shops. Once a person is register, he just needs to go to any Easy Bill counter and pay his dues. By Thursday more than 50,000 traders had completed the registration process and the total number of registrations by Friday evening could well be above 80,000. More than 3-lakh traders were supposed to get their shops registered by December 31.
Meanwhile, the MCD continued with its sealing drive targeting 45 illegal commercial properties on Friday. While 19 properties were sealed on the stretch between Polo Road and Kalyan Vihar in Civil Lines Zone, 16 units were sealed on West Avenue Road at Punjabi Bagh in West Zone.
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