There is Nothing Called a ‘B’ Khatha
Fearing land sharks, Bangalore citizens want their properties protected. But in their rush to do that, they often fall prey to conmen, adept at fabricating documents, falsifying survey numbers and every other trick in the real estate trade. The issue of khatha is a major problem, particularly for the residents of the new BBMP areas. With the City’s expansion, the complexities of Khatha have only multiplied.
Site owners who had their revenue land converted by the Deputy Commissioner (DC) from agriculture land to non-agriculture purposes had a relatively easy transition to the BBMP fold. Of course, they had to register their properties with the now abolished civic authorities before the areas were brought under the Palike.
But for the others, it has been a nightmare. In 2007, the BBMP?had brought under its fold seven City Municipal Corporations (CMC) and a Town Municipal Corporation (TMC), apart from 110 villages. It also added nearly 10 lakh additional properties, increasing the possibilities of revenue generation manifold for the Palike.
To tap this vast catchment of revenue, the BBMP?began advertising a ‘B’ register to draw property taxes from site owners who were to be extended the civic amenities, but had not been part of the BBMP earlier. However, over the years, the ‘B’ register has been mistaken to be a ‘B’ Khatha.
There is nothing called a ‘B’ khatha in the KMC Act 1976. There is only one khatha. What has come to be known as ‘B’ khatha is the ‘B’ Register
Last week, at the recently concluded monthly meeting of the Council, BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah hit the nail on the head. “There is no such thing as ‘B’ khatha. It is bogus,” he said, sending shockwaves across the new BBMP areas, where many have paid huge bribes to get what they “assumed” were khathas.
“People get confused over the fact that a khatha can be given only on the basis of a title deed. But a title deed cannot be given on a khatha,” explains BBMP Deputy Commissioner (Revenue) Ramakanth. Property owners were under the misconception that this was the real deal and were in fact registering their properties at the sub-registrar’s office based on property tax receipts. “The ‘B’ khatha does not exist on paper. Let the Revenue Department show us that such a Khatha exists. It is the people who have been showing the property tax receipts as the khatha transaction between the Palike and themselves at the sub-registrar’s offices,” he says. Ramakanth asserts that the khatha is nothing more than a supporting document to the title deed.
Officers of the BBMP blame the erstwhile CMCs, TMCs and other municipal bodies for creating a mess out of the khatha system. The Palike had made an attempt to issue permanent khathas by regularising sites converted by the deputy commissioner. But this effort has met with little success. Only about 400 properties have been registered, after the Palike collected betterment charges in exchange for permanent khathas. Reason: Most people who have bought a ‘Deputy Commissioner converted’ site cannot afford to pay the steep betterment fee.
“We are aware that a ‘B’ khatha does not mean anything for the property to be registered in my name. However, the betterment charge for receiving a permanent khatha is too high for us to afford,” says Armugam, a member of the Ramamurthy Nagar Residents’ Welfare Association.
A serious effort would be required to tell people that there is no such thing as a ‘B’ khatha. Further, the onus is also on the people to prove that they are the actual owners of the property, before obtaining a khatha from the civic agency.
But the critical point to be stressed is that a khatha can only be extracted on a title deed and cannot be considered as being a title deed by itself. Unless this clarity is achieved, confusion would remain and the ‘B’ khatha would continue to be a source for greedy officials to make some fast bucks.
Source: deccanherald.com
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By the way, is BBMP issuing so called A khata for properties where everything is legal…heard that even BBMP is not acceupting betterment charges and not issuing A khata as well..
Dear Members,
There is a register maintained in the BBMP office. All the legal or legitimate property details are entered in `A` Register and katha is issued. Another register is maintained under the taxation Act,2008, which is called `B` register. All the other types other than (legal) property details are entered in it. It is useful to pay the taxes. It is also useful to sell such properties. These B forms or kathas will not confer any right, title and interest.
In fact, the property owners either knowingly or unknowingly enter their property details in B register and declare it accordingly.
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