Bengaluru lets joint A-khata owners split eligible plots online

The Greater Bengaluru Authority and the city’s five municipal corporations have launched an online plot-subdivision service allowing eligible joint owners of A-khata properties to seek separate municipal property records through the eAasthi 2.0 platform.

The service was launched on Saturday, October 17, following a long-standing demand from property owners who jointly hold land but face difficulties when managing their individual shares.

Under the new arrangement, eligible owners can apply online to subdivide a jointly held plot and obtain separate A-khatas reflecting their recorded shares.

Once separate records are issued, owners can manage certain property-related transactions independently, including applications for building-plan approvals, property-tax payments and transactions involving their respective shares, subject to the applicable legal and planning requirements, reported The Indian Express.

The facility is available to joint owners who may be family members, legal heirs, relatives or unrelated individuals, provided the individual shares are clearly recorded in the existing A-khata.

The simplified online process is limited to plots of up to 2,000 square metres. It covers vacant plots and plots with buildings, but multi-storey apartment units are not eligible under this service. Larger plots must follow the existing subdivision procedure through the Town Planning Wing.

Each newly created plot must have an area exceeding 50 square metres and road frontage of at least six metres. It must also have independent access to a public road, either directly or through an internal road connected to a public road.

Where an internal road is required, it must be at least 3.5 metres wide.

Applicants must upload a subdivision sketch prepared by a registered architect showing the original boundaries, proposed plot divisions, the shares allotted to individual owners and the arrangements for road access.

Fees are calculated as a percentage of the property’s guidance value. The applicable rates are 0.2 per cent for residential properties, 0.3 per cent for industrial properties and 0.5 per cent for non-residential properties. Other categories are charged at 0.2 per cent, according to the published eligibility and fee details.

Applications can be submitted through the eAasthi portal by selecting the subdivision or bifurcation option for an existing A-khata, reported The Indian Express. Fees are paid online after official approval.

The initiative is intended to reduce dependence on manual processes and make the management of eligible jointly held plots more straightforward.

An A-khata is a municipal property-account record used for civic administration and property-tax purposes. It should not be treated, by itself, as conclusive proof of legal title or as a substitute for required planning approvals.

The new service simplifies the municipal record process for eligible properties, but applicants must still meet the stated plot-size, access and documentation requirements.