1. Apply for Encumbrance Certificate (EC) for your flat.

It should be for a period of at

least a year. You will need to fill Form 22 - available free of cost at sub-registrar
office itself. The cost of EC is Rs. 35 for one year. You will need to go back after a
day or two to collect the EC.

2. Get a khata application form (costs Rs. 10) plus copies of 5 documents
(betterment charges receipt, building sanction letters, title certificate, sketch of
layout)

3. Get copies of the following notarised: Sale deed, Form III (if you have),
Possession Certificate (if you have), GPA (if used), fill up the form - green and pink.

5. Tag the application to the notarised documents, EC, latest property tax receipt,
plan of the flat, along with the common documents and submit to the local ARO
Office. Get the pink acknowledgement slip back. It should be stamped and signed
with submission number.

6. Go back after 15 days to check the status. Keep doing this till you get the
notification.

7. Demand note indicates the amount you need to pay as khata registration fee.
Look at the stamp duty paid in your sale deed. Two per cent of this is the amount.
The demand note is issued in batches. So do coordinate with others in your building
whose names are in the demand note to get all the DDs.

8. Submit the DDs as per the demand note to ARO Office and get a stamped
acknowledgement. A receipt should also be issued but this may be given along with
the khata notification or khata certificate.

9. Wait for about 15 days and follow up. Do this every 15 days or so.

10. Check the notification to see that your name is spelt correctly and other
information like area of flat, car park, and so on are correct. Take the khata
notification to the ARO office with an application requesting issue of khata certificate
(pay Rs. 25) and khata extract (pay Rs. 100). Go back as requested by the ARO
office to collect your khata certificate and khata extract.

This is the letter format we asked apartment owners to use to get their documents:

To
The ARO, ___
Bangalore
Dear Sir/Madam,

Sub: Property at __{address}__, bearing municipal no. __xxxx {take this from
notification}__

I request you to please issue the Khata Certificate and Khata Extract for the above
mentioned property.

A copy of the latest property tax receipt is attached. The fee of Rs 125/- towards
Khata Certificate and Khata Extract was already paid along with the Khata fee / is
being paid herewith.

Thanking you,

Xxxxx

(Owner's signature and name)

Khata transfer in a jiffy!

Our Forward150 federation is working on getting khatas for our properties. Each
apartment or layout group, which have either the Panchayat Khata or Occupancy
Certificate from BBMP/BDA, has formed a team and are applying for
the khata together.
 
They have been assured support by their MLA Arvind Limbavali (Mahadevapura
constituency) in their drive to get the papers without any bribes.
 
They start with one member visiting the Registrar office and applying for No
encumberance certificate for all owners of their community apartment/layout.
Another member visits the lawyer to get the documents notarised. Till date many
groups have submitted the documents in batches.
 
Here is the story shared by Sachin Mulay of Redwood apartments.
 
Currently the mood everywhere is about corruption having pervaded every aspect of
our lives. In this context getting a Khata transfer of your property done was always
an uphill task. It required a series of bribes with regular follow ups with the officials
to get your Khata transfer done.

Recently the residents of SJR Redwoods decided to go in a group to the BBMP

Mahadevapura office for Khata transfer. We were welcomed by Keroji Rao, the
Assistant Revenue Officer. He was very cordial, inspected all our documents and
even helped us in filling the form. For a few of us, who did not have the right
documentation, he advised us on the next steps and offered to coordinate in getting
the documents cleared.

Further he asked us to come in a week's time and collect our Khatas. He also gave
us his phone numbers and asked us to contact him for any other requirements.

We went to the BBMP office the following week and all the khatas were ready. There
was absolutely no need for follow up and the entire BBMP staff were eager to help
and very cooperative.

The entire experience in with Keroji Rao was heartwarming and convinced us that
there are still very committed and honest officers around. These officers need to
congratulated and recognized as its their efforts that reinThe meaning of the terms
'PLINTH AREA' & 'BUILTUP AREA', according to BBMP rules is as follows:

ON PROPERTY TAX APPLICATION:

PLINTH AREA - "The area occupied by the building on the ground".
BUILTUP AREA - "Total area of building usable for different purposes of all floors".

ON SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT CESS APPLICATION :

PLINTH AREA - "Total area of building usable for different purposes of all floors".
BUILTUP AREA - Doesnt come into picture.

In your query, you have mentioned ground floor as 990sft in first look. On the
second look you give open area is 560sft. it means plinth area is 2400-560=1840sft.
If this is the case, what happened to other 1840-990=850sft.? Can you be clear
please?

forces our confidence in our governing systems.