meerut the meerut municipal corporation mmc on tuesday issued a notice to continental india ltd for clearing outstanding house tax since 2012 to the tune of rs 613 crore the notice mentions that as per the allahabad high court order issued on july 7 the tax should be paid as soon as possible tax assessment officer dinesh yadav told toi the company had approached the hc in 2012 after getting a notice for paying the outstanding house tax and court ordered continental india ltd to deposit 50 of the amount calculated by the tax superintendent of mmc on september 7 2012 the company paid a sum of rs 204 crore by cheque after that no house tax was paid by the company even after being served several notices recently a company employee arrived at the mmc office with a cheque of rs 46 lakh against the house tax we turned it down because the total amount came up to rs 613 crore we asked the company to abide by hc rules and pay the entire amount now we have again issued a notice citing the hc order and asked the company to deposit the said amount without any delay yadav added the continental india ltd was founded on july 15 2011 when modi tyres company private ltd was acquired by continental ag a germanybased automotive company earlier in 1971 modi rubber limited was incorporated which started commercial production in 1974 in technical collaboration with continental ag modi rubber limited closed down in august 2001 and restarted production in june 2009 with a new name modi tyres company private limited the plant is situated at modipuram which falls under the jurisdiction of meerut municipal corporation