The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is likely to extend the auction deadline for 490 properties after 72 defaulters cleared their dues—either fully or partially—over the past two days, while others requested more time. These properties had nearly R15 crore in pending dues.

Avinash Shinde, Assistant Commissioner of PCMC’s Property Tax Department told mid-day, “The civic body had earlier issued a final notice to property tax defaulters, stating that 490 seized non-residential, industrial, and mixed-use properties would be auctioned on March 31 unless dues were partially cleared. In response, many defaulters came forward to make partial payments.”