According to sources the flat owners in Bengaluru’s Whitefield are locked in a fierce dispute with revenue officials to get khata certificates a revenue document required to calculate property tax. Meanwhile years after apartment complexes in Whitefield were issued occupancy certificates (OC’s), the city’s civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) is yet to bifurcate the properties and issue khatas to flat owners.
Presently all flats are occupied but owners say that repeated attempts to get khata certificates from revenue officials have ended in failure. Moreover as a result, flat owners have not been able to pay khata transfer fees and betterment charges.
The member of WR stated "Many residents took the day off and went to
the revenue department office to get their khata certificates but the officials
were not there and so there is frustration among the members for a while now
about this". Moreover despite attempts by TNM, both the Commissioner and
Mayor were not reachable for a comment.