ludhiana the proposal to fix the fee for registration of pets and commercial animals is likely to remain pending till the formation of the new mc general house in a bid to avoid a controversy civic officials have decided to wait till the formation of the new mc general house before implementation of the punjab municipal corporation and municipal registration control of stray animals and compensation to the victim of animal attack bylaws 2017 members of the mc technical advisorycommittee which is working in the absence of the mc house has kept the proposal to fix a fee for registration of pets and commercial animals pending officials said this is a sensitive issue and cannot be approved without approval of new mc councillors mc officials proposed to fix rs 250 for small animals and rs 500 for big animals officials also proposed a fee of rs 2000 per annum for dog breeders besides they fixed a fee to be imposed in case of damage to the animals token or a registered animal caught roaming around on roads in these cases too owners will have to rs 100 per day for small animals and rs 200 for bigger animals earlier news of the implementation of these bylaws and registration of pets and animals sparked a controversy for the state government people took it as imposition of pet tax forcing the government to clarify that no animal tax was being imposed in the state in fact the local bodies department drafted these bylaws and sent them to the mc to fix the fee structure on the directions of the punjab and haryana high court officials were given one week to fix the charges failing which the local bodies department would fix rates on its own officials said instead of getting into a controversy they would leave the decision to the local bodies department an official said the local bodies department would decide whether to fix the charges at their level or wait till the formation of the new mc house after mc polls in ludhiana mc commissioner jaskiran singh said fixation of the fee for registration of pets and other animals is a sensitive issue and cannot be implemented without discussing draft of rules in the mc general house we will tell the local bodies department that it should be taken up with public representatives before implementation