Mysuru: Since the launch of the B-khata issuance campaign in mid-March, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has issued 2,349 B-khatas to owners of unauthorised properties. The civic body is working to bring all 27,616 identified unregularised properties under its tax system within the next 16 months—a move aimed at significantly increasing property tax revenues.
Following clear directives from the state government, all urban local bodies outside Bengaluru were instructed to streamline the registration of unauthorised properties by issuing B-khatas—temporary documentation for properties not fully regularised. MCC intensified its drive accordingly, beginning with a district-wide rollout inaugurated by Minister HC Mahadevappa.
Though the initial state-set deadline was three months ending in May, due to slow progress, the timeline has been extended by 16 more months. Encouragingly, property owners across all nine zones of MCC have responded positively.
As of April-end, MCC had also distributed 38,584 A-khatas from the total 182,167 authorised properties identified in its records. To curb complaints about brokers interfering in the process, MCC installed CCTV cameras in every zonal office and reshuffled officials to streamline registrations. Officers are also conducting home visits to validate documents.
MCC Commissioner Syed Tanveer Asif confirmed that infrastructure—like computers, printers, and copiers—has been upgraded to ease registration. He is personally monitoring progress and unresolved cases registered online.
Former mayor M Shivakumar has urged the government to ease requirements in revenue layouts, suggesting acceptance of minimal documents like five-year tax payment proofs to encourage wider participation.
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