Bengaluru, Jan. 9 -- In a major relief to owners of properties in illegal or unauthorised layouts across all the Municipal Corporations and Urban Local Body (ULB) limits, including Mysuru, the State Cabinet has decided to approve the issuance of A-Khata certificates to B-Khata properties.

This move is expected to benefit around 10 lakh properties. Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil said after the Cabinet meeting yesterday that the scheme will be extended to B-Khata properties, which include sites, buildings, apartments and flats that have not received approval from the respective planning authorities.

The A-Khata will be issued subject to these properties taking approval from the planning authorities, he added.

The relie...