Efforts to minimise litigation over properties are on, says Krishna Byre Gowda during meet in Shivamogga

Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has stated that his section is making efforts to minimise litigation implicit onshore ownership by scanning each merchantability deeds, issuing e-Pauti khatas, and implementing different measures.

Speaking to reporters aft conducting a reappraisal gathering with the officers of his section successful Shivamogga connected Thursday, Mr. Krishna Byre Gowda stated that his section had begun the process of issuing e-Pauti khatas successful a run mode. There are 49 lakh onshore properties successful the authorities whose owners are deceased. “We are going door-to-door to cod documents and contented e-Pauti khatas. So far, we person issued 12 lakh specified khatas. If the ineligible heirs amusement involvement and collaborate with the department, we tin expedite the process. I entreaty to farmers to get e-Pauti khatas without immoderate cost,” the curate said.

Similarly, Mr. Krishna Byre Gowda stated that his section had begun the “Darkasthu Podi Abhiyana – Nanna Bhoomi.” Hundreds of farmers who were granted onshore respective decades agone had nary due records. As a result, they could not transportation the onshore to their children, merchantability it, oregon get immoderate indebtedness benefits connected the property. “The officials are voluntarily visiting the farmlands and issuing darkasthu podi based connected existing records. In the past 5 years, lone 8,542 darkasthu podi were issued. However, wrong the past year, since January 2025, we person issued 1.93 lakh darkasthu podi,” helium said.

“The section has been recognising gross villages for the payment of radical residing successful those areas. Families person been receiving documents for their houses successful these locations. ‘In the past 1,000 days since the Congress authorities came to power, 2.2 lakh families person received their documents,” helium said.

The curate said that the authorities would digitise the full survey process successful the coming days. He has acceptable up a squad to statesman this process. In the days to come, on with the RTC, the radical volition person a sketch.

“We volition scan each merchantability deeds from the twelvemonth 1857. The scanning of merchantability deeds registered since 2004 has been going on. So far, we person scanned 67 crore pages. This volition assistance way the past of ownership, and radical volition beryllium capable to get encumbrance certificates much easily. With this, we volition guarantee transparency successful records. These efforts volition assistance minimise litigation implicit properties,” the curate said.

Earlier, Mr. Krishna Byre Gowda reviewed the advancement made by the officers of Shivamogga territory successful issuing e-Pautis, khatas, darkastu podi, and digitising records. He besides reprimanded the officers for the hold successful completing the tasks. At 1 point, helium told immoderate officers to transportation to different departments if they did not privation to enactment successful the Revenue Department

MLC Balkees Banu, Deputy Commissioner Prabhulinga Kavalikatti, Additional DC Abhishek V. and others were contiguous astatine the meeting.