1. Who is eligible to apply for a site to BDA?

a.To be eligible for allotment of site, you should have domicile in Karnataka for not less than 15 years prior to the date of registration. Only persons who have attained the age of 18 years are eligible to apply.

b.However the officers belonging to All India Services (Karnataka Cadre) as well as serving either in Karnataka or outside, who have a minimum 2 years domicile prior to the issue of the Notification are eligible to apply.

c.Any person, whose family members or dependant of the family owns a site or a house or has been allotted a house or site by BDA or a Co-operative Society registered under the Karnataka Co-operative Society Act, 1959 or any such other Authority within the Bangalore Metropolitan Area has been allotted a site or a house in any part of the State by any other Urban Development Authority or the Karnataka Housing Board or such other Agency of the Government are not be eligible to apply for allotment of a BDA site.

2. What are the criteria for selection of applicant for allotment of site?

The criterion for selection of applicant is pure seniority, based on category, number of earlier attempts, age factor and annual income of the applicant in case of EWS sites/houses etc.

3. What are the different categories considered while allotting sites?

Backward tribe 2%, scheduled tribe 3%, schedule caste 13%, Defence personnel & the family of those who died in action 10%, State Govt. employees 10%, Central Govt. & public sector employees 8%, physically handicapped 2% and General Public 50%, persons who have done exemplary service in the field of Art, Science or sports 2%.

4. What are the documents to be submitted by the allottees to obtain absolute sale deed in case of the old Layout?

Application for issue of A.S.D., Photo and specimen signature identification duly attested by a gazetted officer and recent passport size photographs-3, last tax paid receipt to BDA, load discharge certificate/NOC from the financial institutions, attested copy of the possession certificate (pc), attested copy of the Khatha certificate and up to date Encumbrance Certificate in Form No. 15 (in original).

5. What are the documents to be furnished by the allottees for transfer of site in case of old layouts?

Application for transfer of site -

a)Up to date encumbrance certificate in Form No. 15 (in original) photo & specimen signature identification duly attested by a gazetted officer and recent passport size photograph-3
b)Last tax paid receipt to BDA
c)Loan discharge certificate/NOC from the financial institutions
d)Attested copy of the Possession certificate(PC)
e)Attested copy of the khatha certificate
f)Proof of Relationship-as genealogical tree/survivorship certificate/Ration card extract/attested copy of the identity card issued by Election Commission/Voters list etc.
g)Attested copy of the relinquishment Deed/Joint Affidavit from other family members who have hereditary claim
h)Attested copy of the Partition Deed
i)Original Death Certificate
j)Original Will
k)Original Gift Deed
l)Indemnity Bond
m)Self Affidavit

6. What is the time limit given to deposit full value of the sital amount by the allottee after receiving allotment?

Allottee can pay the full amount without any interest up to 60 days from the date of intimation of site allotment and for the next 30 days allottee need to pay an interest at the rate of 18% and for the next 30 days Rs. 21% interest will be charged.
After clear 120 days time after allotment intimation, if the sital amount is not paid, allotment will be cancelled. But in case of SC, ST, Defence Personnel three years time is allowed to pay sital cost.

If an allottee is a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Backward Tribes or to a family of a defence personnel killed or disabled during hostilities and who has been allotted a site of 6x9 M and 9x12 M or 12x18 m dimension or belonging to economically weaker section of the society as notified by Government from time to time and who has been allotted a site of 6x9 M dimension, the balance of the value of the site required to be paid under this sub-rule shall be paid by him or her without interest within a period of three years in equal installments from the date of receipt of the notice of allotment.

Provided that in case of allotment made from 1.1.2002 till the date of publication of these rules the balance of the value of the site required to be paid under this rule shall be paid by him or her without interest within a period of six months from the date of receipt of the notice.

7. Who is the sanctioning authority for building plans?

a.Engineering Department of BDA will approve the building plans
b.BDA is the sanctioning authority for building plans in respect of building constructed on site allotted by BDA as well as on sites in private layouts approved by the BDA
c.Applicants are required to submit particulars in the prescribed format

8. Why should we get NOC in case of revenue sites?

In case of construction of buildings for the individual sites not covered in the schemes of BDA, NOC needs to be taken from the concerned Executive Engineer of BDA.
In absence of this, construction of buildings with license from village panchayath/notified area committees etc. is illegal and liable for demolition.

9. What is the incentive scheme for land owners?

Depending on the land voluntarily surrendered by the original land owners to the BDA one 20x30 site for land up to half acres, 30x40 site for land more than half acres but not exceeding one acre and if the land surrendered is more than one acre, 40x60 at the rate of one site per acre but not exceeding ten sites.