40 thousand Illegal A Khatha cancellation

BBMP: Notice to transfer to B Khatha; Violation of rule in payment of development fee

40 thousand Illegal A Khatha cancellation

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ 

Bengaluru: More than 40,000 properties under the BBMP have been illegally registered as 'A' Khatha and they are about to be cancelled. It is decided to transfer everything to 'B' Khatha .

The investigation revealed that 'A' Khatha has been issued using 'R code 130' of 'IFMS' software by illegally charging development fee for plots eligible for B Khatha. A total of ₹898.70 crore has been paid in 45,133 cases from 2015 to 2023. 90% of these cases are considered illegal.

Assistant Revenue Officers (AROs) were allowed to provide information about properties illegally issued under 'A' Khatha. He had given information on 9,736 properties. As the team led by Special Commissioner of BBMP Finance Department Jayaram Raipur conducted 'Backhand Software Investigation', it was found out that more than 40 thousand cases have been illegally issued.

As per government orders, title deeds are issued in certain areas including slums. R Code – 130 is used for issue of A Khatha against development charges for such plots. However, AROs have exploited this. Jayaram Raipur said that a team of revenue department officials has been formed to add all these illegal A accounts to B Khathas and the zonal commissioner has been instructed to take immediate action.

Development charges are not payable for unconverted plots. All such plots are recorded in B Khatha or Vahi. In such cases illegality has been committed by giving A Khatha. Action will be taken against all such officers, he said.

One lakh cases: More than 40 thousand illegal cases have been identified when the software is checked. Further, 9000 cases have been reported by AROs. Apart from this, there are also many cases where money has been received by illegally changing the account to 'A' Khatha in the book. Such cases may exceed about 50 thousand. All these are being investigated.

 Over Rs 1 lakh: There were 37,968 cases of payment of development fee less than ₹ 1 lakh, all of which were considered illegal. ₹10 thousand up to 484 sq.ft, ₹25 thousand up to 1,211 sq.ft, ₹50 thousand up to 2,422 sq.ft, ₹75 thousand up to 3,633 sq.ft, ₹1 lakh up to 4,844 sq.ft, ₹5 lakh up to 24,219 sq.ft, ₹10 lakh up to 48,438 sq.ft. Payment is allowed in 'R Code-130'.

Money back if application is given: Jayaram

If the owner of the plot who has paid the development fee illegally to get A khatha files a confession application, the fee will be refunded. Otherwise the amount will remain with the company. The process of transferring the illegal A Khatha to B Khatha will be completed soon," said Jayaram Raipur, Special Commissioner of BBMP Finance Department.

High in Mahadevapura

Cases of illegal issuance of A khatha on payment of development fee are highest in Mahadevapura zone. A khatha has been issued for 12,000 plots, in which 1,078 cases have received development charges of more than ₹10 lakh. 391 in Yalahanka, 329 in Bommanahalli and R.R. In 250 cases in the urban sector, development charges of more than ₹10 lakh have been paid. Plots of more than 24,000 square feet require paying such a large amount.

Zone; case ;collection amount

 Bommanahalli;6,413; ₹129.31 crore

 Dasarahalli; 3,927; ₹31.28 crore

 East; 6,136; ₹21.46 crore

 Mahadevpur; 12,334; ₹427.69 crore

 RR Nagara; 3,422; ₹92.17 crore

 South; 2,157; ₹8.13 crore

 West; 4,623; ₹8.43 crore

 Yalahanka; 6,121; ₹180.22 crore

 total; 45,133; ₹898.70 crore

 Financial year; receipt ; amount 

 2015–16; 3,242; ₹65.58 crore

 2016–17; 5,427; ₹138.92 crore

 2017–18; 5,780; ₹124.44 crore

 2018–19; 6,742; ₹118.95 crore

 2019–20; 6,011; ₹108.07 crore

 2020–21; 5,412; ₹95.05 crore

 2021–22; 5,331; ₹94.47 crore

 2022–23; 6,371; ₹126.44 crore

 2023–24; 817; ₹26.79 crore

 total; 45,133; ₹898.70 crore

 Fee collection

 amount; receipt 

 Within ₹10 thousand; 8,287

 ₹10 thousand to ₹25 thousand; 16,624

 ₹25 thousand to ₹50 thousand; 9,678

 ₹50 thousand to ₹75 thousand; 2,544

 ₹75 thousand to ₹1 lakh; 835

 ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh; 3,702

 ₹5 lakh to ₹10 lakh; 1,309

 Above ₹10 lakh; 2,154

 Most cases

 ARO case

 Whitefield; 2,574

 Uttarahalli; 2,371

 Chandra Layout; 2,236

 Yalahanka; 2,099

 Begur; 1,927

 Dasarahalli; 1,798

 Shettyhalli; 1,673

 Yalahanka Satellite Town; 1,625

 Kengeri; 1,621

 Horomau; 1,467

 Thanisandra; 1,424

 Govindarajanagar; 1,234

 HBR Layout; 1,206

 Maruti Sevanagar; 1,206

 Anjanapur; 1,007

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