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MCD not to extend last date for registration

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Shopkeepers urged to register before December 31

NEW DELHI: With the Municipal Corporation of Delhi clarifying that the date for registration of shops will not be extended beyond December 31, 2006, the Confederation of All-India Traders (CAIT) on Thursday asked shopkeepers having shops on 2,183 newly notified roads, those operating daily need shops from 20 sq. metres or less from residential areas and professionals to get their shops and establishments registered before the expiry of the deadline.

However, CAIT has expressed dissatisfaction over the arrangements made for the registration process by the civic body.

"Though we have asked shopkeepers to register their shops with the MCD by this month-end, we want the MCD to open counters also for accepting forms manually as merely allowing online registration is not feasible. Traders are facing difficulties in downloading application forms and carrying out other formalities," said CAIT general secretary Praveen Khandelwal.

Asking traders operating out of Delhi Development Authority flats also to register with MCD, he said there would be a heavy rush of registration seekers, so the CAIT wanted that MCD offices should remain open on forthcoming weekly holidays also. To lend support to the MCD, CAIT has offered the civic body to establish special camps in various markets for answering queries of traders, he added.

CAIT control centres

"CAIT has also set up 21 registration control centres in various parts of Delhi, each headed by a senior trade leader," said Mr. Khandelwal. Traders have to submit their application along with an amount of Rs.1,000 for retail shops, Rs.500 for other activities and Rs.250 for professional establishments (doctors, lawyers, chartered accountant and architects).

Meanwhile, the MCD has urged traders to avail of the opportunity to save their shops from getting sealed. Stating that there were around three-lakh shop-owners who need to get registration done, Additional Commissioner (Engineering) Parimal Rai said the online registration was very easy that could be done either by sitting at home, visiting a cyber café or the civic body's Citizens' Service Bureaus in all the 12 zones. Registration has to be done by those running the shops, be it the owner or tenant. "After getting their shops registered online, traders will get a unique identification number. By quoting this number, a shop-owner can deposit the registration fee at 800 Easy Bill centres where property charges are deposited. Relevant documents and papers regarding the status of their shops can be sent later by post."

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