Vijayawada: Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) commissioner HM Dhyanachandra said that ‘auto mutation of properties’, i.e., title change in the tax assessment records of the local body, will come into force starting from August 1 in VMC along with 16 other municipal corporations in the state. The civic body chief said that the auto mutation of properties will occur during the time of registration of properties at the sub registrar office, duly collecting all tax dues and mutation charges before registration, thereby avoiding the scope of leakage in tax payment or mutation charges.According to an official statement issued by the VMC chief on Tuesday, the AP govt, as part of reforms in the ‘business reforms action plan’ under the ease of doing business (EoDB), in order to provide integrated services to citizens in a single window platform and bring easy access to citizens and to avoid the delay of moving around various offices, has brought out the ‘Auto-Mutation of Properties in Urban Local Bodies’.The auto-mutation of properties is done through the integration of software modules of the registration and stamps department and the municipal administration department and will be implemented in 17 municipal corporations from August 1 in the state.The municipal commissioner said that auto mutation is the way forward towards digitalisation and moving away from long-standing procedures involving submission of documents, moving across offices, and delayed procedures.In this regard, he urged the citizens to mention their property tax assessment number in the registration document and utilise the system of auto-mutation of properties for change of title of their property at the time of registration at the registrar office only, without delay and inconvenience.
