The citizens’ fight against the Panvel Municipal Corporation over property tax has suffered another blow, with the sudden transfer of the civic body chief to Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation.

Ganesh Deshmukh, who was instrumental in getting the property tax resolution passed in 2019, will now take charge of PMC again. Less than two weeks ago, deputy commissioner  Sanjay Shinde, who was in-charge of the property tax matter, was shunted out. The transfers come at a time when CM Uddhav Thackeray has said that such decisions are on hold.