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Mumbai: A Thane-based political party has approached the Bombay High Court seeking direction to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to implement the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) property tax Urban Local Body (ULB) level reforms. According to the petition filed by one Rajendra Phanse, general secretary of ‘Dharmarajya Paksha’, the civic body, since the launch of the JNNURM scheme in December 2007, has been neglecting implementation of property tax as prescribed under the scheme for ULBs. “It is mandatory for the municipal corporations to follow the JNNURM property tax ULB level reforms which are formed to eliminate weaknesses and deficiencies of the current property tax collection system,” the [...]