Section 276(1) in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act, 1955
(1)If the sum due on account of any property tax remains unpaid after a bill for the same has been duly served on the person primarily liable for the payment thereof and the said person be not the occupier for the time being of the premises in respect of which the tax is due, the Commissioner may serve a bill for the amount on the occupier of the said premises, or, if there are two or more occupiers thereof, may serve a bill on each of them for such portion of the sum due as bears to the whole amount due the same ratio which the rent paid by such occupier bears to the aggregate amount of rent paid by them both or all in respect of the said premises.
