India, March 12 -- Bengaluru's municipal body, the Greater Bengaluru Authority, is set to auction 50 properties in the Bommanahalli zone of Bengaluru South City Corporation on March 13 to recover pending property tax dues of over Rs.95.5 lakh, GBA said in a statement.

The auction will be conducted at 11 am at the zonal office building on Begur Main Road under the supervision of the zonal joint commissioner. The move comes after repeated notices and reminders were issued to property owners who failed to clear outstanding tax payments despite being given multiple opportunities, the statement said.

According to the municipal body, several properties had earlier been identified for auction as part of the tax recovery drive. On February 21, ...