The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) on Thursday sealed the Piramator Road fish market on Rajmahal Road over alleged non-payment of rent by its “tenants” for over a decade.
The civic body also issued notices to two shopping complexes in Panigate and Wadi as well as Mogulwada Mutton Market, where several tenants are reportedly yet to pay their dues of more than five years.
Early on Thursday, teams from the VMC’s market department reached Piramer Fish Market and removed plastic boxes and other items from vendors to initiate the process of sealing the premises due to “violation of lease conditions”. In a notice pasted on the sealed gate of the complex, the VMC’s market department said, “The VMC administered fish market in Piramator Road was given on lease for a fee and additional GST, without any right of possession of the property.” , However, despite repeated notices being issued to you to pay the prescribed rent for the specified places in the market, you have continued to ignore the notices… As per the rules, the Government premises given for use are sealed. should be done and withdrawn in the case. Violation of the terms of the lease agreement.” The notice also warned that “unauthorized” use of the premises would amount to “encroachment”.
VMC market superintendent Vijay Panchal told Indian Express The fish traders had not paid rent for more than a decade. Panchal said, “We have initiated action against tenants of commercial premises who have not paid their dues. We have issued notices to the vendors of Mogulwada Mutton Market as well as traders of Panigate and Wadi Shopping Complex. If they do not pay their dues, the premises will be sealed.
Panchal said nine of the 14 shops leased in the Panigate Shopping Complex were given notices to pay the dues, adding that in case of non-payment, six of the 30 shops in the Wadi Shopping Complex would be sealed. Panchal also said that 20 of the 21 mutton vendors have been sent notices for “violation” of the lease agreement. “We started with tenants who have not been paying loans for five and 10 years. Next in line will be those whose rent payments are outstanding for less than five years…,” he said.