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Illegal Khata Scam: 6 Bengaluru Officials Suspended

BENGALURU: A significant cleanup effort was triggered within the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) following a comprehensive complaint by resident Mohan Babu M. This led to the suspension of six officers and staff from the Begur sub-division for allegedly creating 128 illegal vacant-land khatas. The suspended individuals include assistant revenue officers Suresh, Hemanth Kumar, and Narasimhalu, along with revenue officer Shantesh from Bommanahalli, and second division assistants Bhagyashree and Balalingaraju. Concerns first arose when Mohan Babu contacted the GBA on April 21, 2025, reporting suspicious khata entries related to survey number 31/2 in Naganathapura village, Bengaluru South taluk. He claimed that…

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Karnataka HC Sets Guidelines for Auto-Updating Civil Court Decrees

BENGALURU: The High Court has issued guidelines aimed at integrating civil court decrees into the state’s digital revenue systems, ensuring that judicially declared rights are promptly reflected in land records. Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum has launched a new workflow, titled ‘Mutation based on Civil Court Decree’ in Kaveri 2.0, designed to streamline decree-based mutations and reduce uncertainties for revenue authorities. Under this new module, the departments of stamps and registration alongside the revenue department, in cooperation with the Centre for Smart Governance, will verify decrees, automatically generate mutation requests to Bhoomi, and facilitate the recording of proportional shares in the…