Bengaluru: “A notification has already been issued to regularise unauthorised buildings constructed before July 10, 2008 on land acquired by the Bengaluru Development Authority, and it has been decided to give a 50 per cent discount on the earlier regularisation fee,” Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said.
He was speaking to the media on Monday after holding a progress review meeting on the BDA’s projects at the BDA office.
“On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Bengaluru Development Authority, a plan has been prepared to take up new development work, including a land guarantee for landowners who do not have property documents. This facility has already come into force through an amendment to Section 38(D), and applications can be submitted by December 17. If the facility is not used within two years, such buildings on Authority land will be cleared,” he clarified.
“The previous government gave an opportunity to about one lakh owners who built houses before 2008 so that they could get property rights. It had fixed the rates in 2021 itself. But because the fee was high, only 600 people applied. We have reduced the fee and given another opportunity. The government has brought in this facility with the aim of giving Bengalureans a clean BDA and clean administration,” he said.
“This is a good opportunity to submit the application with proper documents within the stipulated time, use this facility and get the right to the property,” he said.
“Excluding corner sites, for land with a building up to 20×30, the rate fixed is 5 per cent of the current guideline value; above 20×30 and up to 30×40, 12.5 per cent; above 30×40 and up to 40×60, 20 per cent; and above 40×60 and up to 50×80, 25 per cent. This is 50 per cent lower than the rate fixed by the previous government,” he said.
Incentive site facility
“In Kempegowda Layout and other places, we have started the process of giving a 30×40 site per acre to those who voluntarily gave up property without litigation. The work of giving sites as a special incentive has been pending since 2014, and a proper application has to be made for it under the 1989 law. A price will be fixed for it. As a mark of gratitude to the farmers who gave land, we have put up a Wall of Gratitude there. This is a first in the history of the entire country,” he said.
“Allotting sites in a single day, transparently, to farmers who gave land in Shivarama Karanth Layout is a first in BDA’s history,” he said.
Marginal land allotment
Where marginal land belonging to the Authority is available behind or beside sites allotted by the Bengaluru Development Authority, allottees interested in the marginal land can submit an application by December 17, 2026. The law allows such sites up to 600 square feet, and he urged allottees to take advantage of this, he said.
Shuddha Kraya Patra Mela
“A Shuddha Kraya Patra Mela (pure sale deed fair) has been organised to register pure sale deeds for the public in cases where the lease period of sites allotted by the Bengaluru Development Authority has ended. BDA-allotted sites usually have a ten-year lease period. After this period ends, citizens have to submit the required documents and get a pure sale deed executed for the site. But for various reasons, about 20,000 allottees have not got a pure sale deed executed even after the lease period ended. For their convenience the Shuddha Kraya Patra Mela is being organised; if an application with the site documents is submitted by December 17, 2026, action will be taken to register the pure sale deed as per rules within 60 days of receiving the application,” he said.
Well-equipped building
“In view of the BDA’s 50th anniversary, a plan has already been prepared to build a well-equipped multi-purpose Authority building on 1 lakh square feet,” he said.
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