Bengaluru residents with properties and buildings lacking formal ownership records within the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) area will get a reduced-fee regularisation window, while thousands of BDA site allottees will receive a faster route to obtain final sale deeds, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said after a review meeting on BDA projects.
Shivakumar said the government had planned a ‘Bhoomi Guarantee’ facility for landowners without property documents in BDA areas. He said unauthorised buildings constructed on land acquired for BDA projects before July 10, 2008, could be regularised under a notification that provides a 50% reduction in the regularisation fee.
The facility has already been implemented through an amendment to Section 38(D), according to Shivakumar. Applications must be submitted by December 15, 2026. He said buildings that do not use the facility within two years would be removed.
The government’s stated objective is to provide ownership rights to about 100,000 people who built homes before 2008. Shivakumar said the previous government had fixed rates in 2021, but only about 600 people applied because the charges were considered high. The revised rates are intended to offer another opportunity to eligible property holders.
Under the rates described by Shivakumar, plots with buildings measuring up to 20×30 feet, excluding corner sites, will be charged 5% of the current guidance value. Sites above 20×30 feet and up to 30×40 feet will attract 12.5%, while those above 30×40 feet and up to 40×60 feet will attract 20%. Sites above 40×60 feet and up to 50×80 feet will be charged 25% of the guidance value. Shivakumar said these rates were 50% lower than those fixed by the earlier government.
The announcement places the regularisation process within a wider administrative challenge: a large population living in or holding properties connected to BDA-acquired land does not have complete formal documentation. The stated deadlines mean applicants will need to establish eligibility and submit the required records within the notified period, while the consequences announced by the government apply to buildings that remain outside the facility.
A separate documentation drive is also planned for around 20,000 people who received BDA site allotments but have not obtained clean sale deeds for various reasons. Shivakumar said applicants who submit the required documents by December 17, 2026, will have their clean sale deeds registered within 60 days.
The BDA allots sites on a 10-year lease-cum-sale basis. Once that period is completed, allottees can apply for a clean sale deed by submitting the required documents. The authority will organise a ‘clean sale deed mela’ for cases in which the lease period has ended.
Shivakumar also said the BDA planned to construct a multi-purpose authority building covering 100,000 square feet as part of its 50th anniversary activities. BDA chairman N.A. Harris and commissioner P. Manivannan attended the review meeting. The immediate milestones are the December 15 deadline for building regularisation applications and the December 17 deadline for clean sale deed applications.
