Sri.
M.P. Prakash, Minister for Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, revealed his
future plans for Centralized Registration and better infrastructure facilities
at sub-registries. Following are the excerpts.
• What are the departments
that earn more revenue for the State?
Excise, Stamp duty and Registration, Commercial Taxes, and
Road Transport earn main revenue for the state.
• Guideline value for
Registration of the Properties is high in Karnataka Stamp Duty and Market
Value. Due to high value people will adopt various means to avoid Stamp Duty.
If the guidance Values are reasonable, Government will get more revenue,
because of increase in numbers of registrations. Do you have any proposals for
it?
The previous government had notified the formation of
committee for guidance value during the year 2003 that is on 18/8/2003, this
was published in the Karnataka Gazette. The committee had non-official members
also representing various sectors like Apartment Owner’s Association,
Developers Association, Builder’s Association and people connected with social
work. The previous committees had only official members. The committee had 8
sittings. Committee noted that subsequent to the guidance value fixed during
July 2002 there was recession for some time and then there was boom. There was
overlapping of rural area of the Bangalore
and also urban Conglomeration. In such cases the committee has fixed the medium
rate. The one important work of the committee is the fixation of guidance value
for the flats taking into con-side ration the floor area ratio.
The guidance values have been fixed after considering many
facets. The objections were heard and reliefs were given where the objections
are reasonable and justified. The guidance value arrived by the committee is
reasonable and has relevance to the market value.
• The Department of Stamps
and Registration earns maximum revenue for the government. But infrastructure
in these offices is not even minimum. How do you propose to remedy this?
I do agree with these things but unfortunately Revenue is
one department, which is the last to be considered for provision for
infrastructure, because of so many constraints, so many compulsions and
priorities.
Now I am thinking very seriously, as this is one of the
most important revenue earning departments. I have got two proposals. One
proposal I am seriously considering is to create some more sub registrar
offices in order to avoid crowding. About providing the infrastructure
facilities, I have been told that many of these offices are situated in private
buildings. When we are giving so much of rent, there are two alternatives, one
is to ask the owner of the building to provide extra facilities, like sitting
for the people who come for registration and other works. For this purposes the
owner has to provide extra area so that the people could wait with dignity.
People should not be allowed to loiter around. And offices should also be
provided with other facilities like toilets, restaurants, etc. I haven’t gone
to each of the premises where the buildings are occupied.
If there is space I will immediately take up these with the
owners. If it is government owned building then my priority is to see that the
things are done. If it is not possible then we may have to look for alternative
suitable place. This is the second alternative, third alternative is I am
thinking, wherever government land is available, wherever it is possible, I
will certainly see that the money is allocated this year and more
infrastructure facilities are provided.
At the same time, there are certain things, inspite of
providing facilities, our people are simply impatient; they want things, to be
done immediately, as quickly as possible. This has given rise to the
corruption. It is really impossible for any one to register about
5000-3000-1000-500 registrations per day. Naturally, they tend to say, you come
afterwards. In order to oblige, employees at sub-registrar office sit and work
till late in the night, for certain benefits. This has given rise to
corruption. We will provide certain infrastructure as well have some more
sub-registrar offices to bring down the rate of corruption immediately.
• Earlier there was a
proposal that registration may be done in any of the registering offices, which
will be interlinked. When will this be implemented?
I will certainly talk to my IGR and Secretary and see that
any innovative inputs and suggestions that we get in order to bring down the
corruption in the department and to give better facilities will be implemented
as soon as possible. I will consider centralised Registration office to reduce
the inconvenience to the public. I am open to all suggestions.
• Karnataka Land Reforms
Act and Revenue rules are outdated. Do you have any proposal to update this?
There are many aspects for which Pros and Cons will be
there. The previous Janata Dal government included Section No 109 in Karnataka
Land Reforms Act, under which the people who are not entitled to hold
agricultural lands are eligible to take agricultural lands for the purpose of
industrial development, education, place of worship, housing projects,
horticulture and floriculture subject to certain conditions and limitations.
Exemptions can be given there is need.
Law is nothing but commonsense. When commonsense dictates
certain rules required needs change such things have to be implemented.
Too much of liberty in this field is not good. The farmers
should not be allowed to sell the lands, hence certain restrictions. Many of
the farmers are not equipped with education, culture, and samskara to take any
other avocation other than agriculture. If the farmer looses the agriculture land,
others will be robbing his life.
• The procedure for
conversion of land by Deputy Commissioner is cumbersome. It needs to be
simplified. What is your opinion?
Perfect. In the districts of Bangalore within 18 kms vicinity, the offices
are well equipped. There is a deputy commissioner.. If there are any
suggestions to simplification of it, I will certainly look into it and the
special deputy commissioner has been empowered to look into this matter I think
2 or 3 things will have to be done, in order to prevent certain indiscriminate
conversions and other things. A proposal has to come to the government then
there will be too many hierarchies. There will be a delayed matter, but there
will be a change. It will be a preventive action, which will drop corruption.
• The conversion of land is
not reflected in RTC, which misguides the people why not it be made mandatory?
I totally agree with you many a times. The rule says within
30 days it has to be done. Whenever there is a registration the information has
to be given to the concerned Taluk office. The people who want to buy, or
whosoever is entitled to, that particular property should have a pakka and full
proof documents. So they have to make necessary changes as and when it is
converted. Supposed if it is converted, they will have to say, yes it has been
converted for residential / industrial / or any other. As it is it has to be
done. Unfortunately it is not happening to an extent, which we decided. However
hereafter I am going to improve the system. I will go on periodical checks. I
will also make supervisory officers of the hierarchy to be responsible and pay
attention to this where they are not dispersing of the cases.
• Why not the department make it mandatory
to mention the zonal regulation in RTC to avoid misuse of land?
Why don’t
come up with certain suggestions which leads to certain amendments to the law
and where the administrative reforms was to be done at various levels, I will
attend to it and see that changes are done wherever it is necessary. Any useful
suggestion who ever is giving we will readily consider the same.
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