The brand new eKhata system for property homeowners to entry digital possession paperwork in Bengaluru, launched on October 1, will enable residents to obtain eKhatas for paperwork in each the A Khata and B Khata registers of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Senior IAS officer Munish Moudgil, who oversees the digitization of land information, said, “Below the newly rolled out faceless, contactless on-line BBMP eKhata system, all present Khatas in BBMP registers—each A Khata and B Khata—have been digitized. Over 21 lakh draft eKhatas have been launched on-line for anybody to obtain anytime and wherever.” Residents can obtain the draft eKhatas from the web site “BBMPeAasthi.karnataka.gov.in.”
State officers goal to dispel the misunderstanding that solely A Khata properties can have eKhatas accessible below this new digital system. “The system is on-line and contactless. Residents don’t want to fulfill anybody within the BBMP to acquire their last eKhata,” Moudgil defined. The net system allows direct entry to property-related paperwork, decreasing reliance on intermediaries.
Understanding A Khata and B Khata Properties
A Khata properties are these with official paperwork which have been verified by state businesses, whereas B Khata properties include documentation anomalies. B Khata properties typically embody properties that violate byelaws or buildings constructed with out correct approvals.
There are over six lakh B Khata properties in Bengaluru, which embody unauthorized layouts on income land. Since 2008, the BBMP has ceased issuing A Khatas for properties that violate byelaws and has maintained a B register, resulting in the classification of B Khata properties. This B register has helped the BBMP accumulate property taxes from B Khata property homeowners, who, nevertheless, can not safe financial institution loans or receive occupancy/completion certificates from the BBMP.
The regularization of B Khata properties has been pending with the BBMP for a number of years, with many suggestions for regularization proposed in current occasions. In its 2022-23 finances, the BBMP projected whole income assortment of Rs 10,484.28 crore, together with Rs 3,107 crore from property tax, and estimated Rs 1,000 crore in income from a conversion scheme for B Khata to A Khata.
Easy methods to Receive an eKhata for a Property in Bengaluru
To acquire an eKhata, residents should present the next data:
1. Sale Deed or Registered Deed Quantity: eAasthi fetches this electronically from KAVERI (the web property registration system).
2. Encumbrance Certificates (EC): This needs to be from April 1, 2004, to the current. Residents must enter the EC quantity, which eAasthi fetches electronically from KAVERI.
3. Property Tax 10-Digit Utility Quantity: This quantity can be fetched electronically.
4. Aadhaar eKYC of House owners.
5. BESCOM 10-Digit Quantity: That is fetched electronically.
6. GPS Location of Property and Property Picture.
7. Assist Paperwork for A Khata: Residents can declare they don’t have these paperwork, and a last eKhata will nonetheless be issued.
As soon as the above particulars are entered electronically, the software program will confirm all paperwork and routinely difficulty the ultimate eKhata, state officers famous. If the entered data is incomplete, mismatches with BBMP information, or if an objection has been filed in opposition to the issuance of the ultimate eKhata, the citizen will then want to fulfill with the jurisdictional Assistant Income Officer (ARO). This technique is designed to be clear and managed by residents.
BBMP Commissioner Tushar Girinath said, “Because of the huge nature of the roll-out, it is a take a look at launch, and any studying can be duly integrated. We kindly request your cooperation to allow the BBMP to serve you.”
An vital characteristic of the system features a seven-day objection interval throughout which residents can file objections to the issuance of the ultimate eKhata if discrepancies are discovered within the draft eKhata. These objections can be reviewed by the jurisdictional ARO based mostly on benefit, guaranteeing a good course of. As soon as the objection interval concludes with none filed objections, the ultimate eKhata can be issued.
