MYSURU: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has initiated an e-Khata campaign every Friday from 3 PM to 6 PM, aiming to make services more accessible to the public. This decision follows community frustration over delays in issuing e-Khatas, largely due to ongoing technical problems, particularly related to servers and logins, since early June.
With about 1.7 lakh properties within MCC jurisdiction, only around 45,000 e-Khatas were issued by June 3.
“Our goal is to issue at least 1 lakh e-Khatas by the end of this financial year,” stated Shaikh Tanveer Asif, MCC Commissioner. He assured that the city corporation is committed to delivering e-Khatas without hassles. “We take complaints about service delays very seriously,” he added.
Meanwhile, public and real estate stakeholders express dissatisfaction over the delay in e-Khata issuance, blaming technical difficulties faced by civic agencies in Mysuru over the past month. They argue that these delays have caused a significant slowdown in the real estate market.
Residents highlight a lack of preparedness as a major issue. “Officials in Bengaluru provide guidance, but it often doesn’t reach those at the revenue offices, leaving them unaware of rule changes. When we demand timely e-Khata issuance, they cite server problems as the cause,” remarked Sundar Rajan, a resident of Basaveshwara Road.
“The situation is even worse in other urban bodies around the city. The state government must train employees on the rules and ensure timely communication of any changes to the officials on the ground,” he emphasized.
The president of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI) Mysuru chapter, Shrihari D, along with BS Prashanth, president of the Federation of Organisations and Associations of Mysuru (FOAM), expressed that obtaining an e-Khata has become an arduous task. They have voiced their concerns to relevant agencies. “Those needing to sell properties urgently face significant hurdles in getting their e-Khata. The delay has practically halted the real estate sector,” Prashanth noted.
