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 +====== Patna & Bhubaneswar Civic Services: Tax, Water, Certificates ======
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 +**Quick Reply:** Pay Patna and Bhubaneswar property tax and water bills online, file civic complaints and get birth certificates, with verified portal links and steps today
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 +Pay your Patna property tax on the official PMC site **www.pmc.bihar.gov.in** and your Bhubaneswar holding tax and water bill on **citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me**. Both portals also let you file civic complaints, apply for birth and death certificates, and download receipts. Direct links and steps are below.
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 +If you live in Patna or Bhubaneswar, almost every routine civic job, paying property tax, clearing a water bill, getting a birth certificate, or complaining about a missed garbage pickup, now has an official online route. The hard part is knowing which portal is the real one, because guides on the open web keep listing dead or copycat links. This guide lists only addresses we confirmed were live, with the exact steps and the ID you need for each.
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 +===== Patna: property tax, water, certificates, grievance =====
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 +The single official home for Patna Municipal Corporation services is **[[https://www.pmc.bihar.gov.in/|www.pmc.bihar.gov.in]]**. From its menu you can reach almost every citizen service.
 +
 +  * **Property tax** - "Pay Property Tax (Online)" and "Self Assessment" links on the PMC home page. You need your **Property Identification Number (PID)**. After payment you can download a digital tax receipt.
 +  * **Mutation** - "Mutation (Online)" updates the owner name in property records after a sale or inheritance. PMC also lists "PRDA Mutation (Online)" for areas under the planning authority.
 +  * **Water** - Patna piped water is run by the **Patna Water Board** under PMC, established in 1952. PMC does not yet expose a standalone online water-bill page, so pay water charges at your PMC circle office counter or through a Bharat Bill Payment System app where your connection is listed. Do not trust third-party "Patna water bill" sites.
 +  * **Birth and death certificate** - "Birth & Death Registration" on the PMC site. Registration within 21 days is free; after 21 days but within 30 or 31 days a delayed fee of Rs 10 applies. The first copy is free and further copies cost Rs 5 each. You can do this at any PMC circle office, and the national **[[https://dc.crsorgi.gov.in/|Civil Registration System]]** at dc.crsorgi.gov.in is the central record.
 +  * **Building plan** - PMC uses an online building-plan approval system (AutoMap) reachable from the Services menu.
 +  * **Grievance** - "Citizen Grievance (Property / SWM Tax Related)" on the PMC site for tax and garbage issues.
 +
 +===== Bhubaneswar: holding tax, water, trade licence, certificates =====
 +
 +Bhubaneswar runs a genuinely unified portal: **[[https://citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me/|citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me]]**, described on its own home page as a "one stop platform for all citizen services" covering Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA), and other agencies.
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 +  * **Holding / property tax** - the portal lists "Property / Holding Tax". Holding tax is Bhubaneswar's name for property tax. The older holdingtax.bhubaneswar.me address now redirects into this same portal.
 +  * **Water bill** - the portal has a dedicated water-bill service: every user of government water supply in Bhubaneswar pays a monthly water charge, and you can pay it online with your **PH Consumer number** instead of visiting an office. Piped water and sewerage in the city are run by the **Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO)**.
 +  * **Trade licence** - "Trade License" on the portal, for shops and commercial premises.
 +  * **Birth, death and marriage certificates** - the portal lists "Marriage Certificate"; for birth and death, the national **[[https://dc.crsorgi.gov.in/|Civil Registration System]]** is the official record alongside the BMC counter.
 +  * **Complaints, NOC and building plan** - "Grievance", "No Objection Certificate (NOC) & Permissions", and "Building Plan Approval System" are all on the same portal. Odisha's state urban backend is **[[https://sujog.odisha.gov.in/|SUJOG]]**.
 +
 +===== Step-by-step for the most-used services =====
 +
 +==== Pay Patna property tax (PMC) ====
 +
 +  - Open **[[https://www.pmc.bihar.gov.in/|www.pmc.bihar.gov.in]]** and click **Pay Property Tax (Online)**.
 +  - Enter your **PID (Property Identification Number)**. If you do not know it, use **Self Assessment** or search by holding details.
 +  - Check the property details and the outstanding amount shown.
 +  - Pay by net banking, card, or UPI.
 +  - Download and save the **digital receipt**.
 +
 +==== Pay Bhubaneswar holding tax and water bill (BMC) ====
 +
 +  - Open **[[https://citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me/|citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me]]**.
 +  - For tax, choose **Property / Holding Tax**; for water, choose the **Water bill** service.
 +  - Enter your holding details for tax, or your **PH Consumer number** for water.
 +  - Verify the dues and pay online.
 +  - Save the acknowledgement / receipt for your records.
 +
 +==== Get a birth or death certificate (either city) ====
 +
 +  - Patna: open **Birth & Death Registration** on the PMC site, or visit any **circle office**. Register within 21 days to avoid the Rs 10 delayed fee.
 +  - Bhubaneswar: apply through **citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me** or the BMC counter.
 +  - Both cities: the central record sits on the **[[https://dc.crsorgi.gov.in/|Civil Registration System]]**, dc.crsorgi.gov.in.
 +
 +===== Escalate when the municipal portal does not resolve it =====
 +
 +If a portal complaint sits unactioned, do not keep re-filing the same ticket. Escalate to the state grievance machinery, and use RTI to force a paper trail.
 +
 +  * **Bihar** - file on the **[[https://lokshikayat.bihar.gov.in/DefaultEn.aspx|Bihar Lok Shikayat]]** public grievance portal, which carries a statutory time-bound redressal duty.
 +  * **Odisha** - file on **[[https://janasunani.odisha.gov.in/|Jana Sunani]]**, the state Public Grievance Redressal Portal run by the General Administration and Public Grievances department, with submission by website, WhatsApp, email, letter, or app.
 +  * **Central services** - for anything run by a central department, use **[[https://pgportal.gov.in/|CPGRAMS]]** at pgportal.gov.in.
 +  * **RTI** - if the municipal body ignores you, file an RTI to the PMC or BMC Public Information Officer asking for the file notings, the officer responsible, and the action-taken date on your complaint number. A dated RTI reply is far harder to ignore than a portal ticket. See [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/how-to-file-rti-gram-panchayat-panchayati-raj-guide|how to file an RTI to a local body]] for the drafting pattern.
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 +**Worked example.** Dr. Shrawan Kumar Pathak, a Bhubaneswar resident, was billed twice for the same quarter of holding tax after a portal glitch. He paid online via citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me, kept both receipts, and filed a single Jana Sunani grievance quoting both transaction IDs. When two weeks passed with no adjustment, he filed an RTI to the BMC PIO asking for the ledger entry and the name of the officer handling refunds. The duplicate was reversed within the RTI reply window.
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 +===== Frequently asked questions =====
 +
 +==== How do I download my property tax or water receipt again? ====
 +Log back into the same portal you paid on, PMC for Patna or citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me for Bhubaneswar, and open your payment or transaction history. PMC explicitly lets you download digital tax receipts after a successful payment.
 +
 +==== My assessment looks wrong. How do I get it corrected? ====
 +Use the **Self Assessment** option on the PMC site for Patna, or the holding-tax correction route on the Bhubaneswar portal, then raise a grievance on the same portal quoting your PID or holding number. If it is not fixed, escalate to Bihar Lok Shikayat or Odisha Jana Sunani.
 +
 +==== The name on my certificate or tax record is misspelt. How do I fix it? ====
 +For property records, mutation or a correction request on the municipal portal updates the owner name. For a birth or death certificate, request a correction at the registering circle office or BMC counter; the underlying record is the national Civil Registration System.
 +
 +==== Is there an offline option if the portal fails? ====
 +Yes. Patna services are available at any PMC **circle office**, and Bhubaneswar services at the BMC counter. Keep the failed-transaction reference if money was deducted but no receipt was generated.
 +
 +==== Which water utility do I actually pay? ====
 +In Patna, piped water is the Patna Water Board under PMC. In Bhubaneswar, water and sewerage are run by the Water Corporation of Odisha (WATCO), and you pay through citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me using your PH Consumer number.
 +
 +==== A copycat website asked for my card details. Is it official? ====
 +Only use the addresses in this guide. PMC's official domain is www.pmc.bihar.gov.in and Bhubaneswar's is citizenservices.bhubaneswar.me. Ignore lookalike "fast payment" sites.
 +
 +===== Next steps and related guides =====
 +
 +  * Other city-service guides: [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/private-school-fee-hike-challenge-fee-regulation-committee-india|challenge a private-school fee hike]] and [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/college-university-exam-admission-fee-refund-ugc-aicte-consumer-forum|college fee refund routes]].
 +  * Stuck with a tax or assessment dispute? Use the [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/which-regulator-to-complain-to-india-sebi-rbi-irdai-trai-dgca-hub|which-regulator-to-complain-to hub]] to find the right body.
 +  * File an RTI to a local body: [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/how-to-file-rti-gram-panchayat-panchayati-raj-guide|RTI to a panchayat or municipal body]].
 +  * No reply after appeal? [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/rti-writ-petition-high-court-article-226-after-cic-sic-order|RTI writ petition under Article 226]].
 +  * Senior-citizen civic issues: [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/senior-citizen-maintenance-tribunal-complaint-children-mwpsa-2007|maintenance tribunal complaint]].
 +  * [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/book|The RTI Playbook]] - the full citizen guide to using RTI.
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