Which houses can be regularised under the BDA scheme?

Habitable houses built before 10 July 2008 on land the BDA acquired, where the acquisition was finally notified and an award passed. Parks, civic-amenity land, road alignments, drains, lake and river beds, land under high-tension lines and land under dispute or court orders are excluded.

What is the last date to apply?

The Chief Minister gave 17 December 2026 as the last date when he announced the cut on 9 November 2026. One report gives 15 December for the regularisation route, so check the BDA's notice.

BDA regularisation at half fees: houses on acquired land, December deadline

Houses on BDA-acquired land can be regularised at half the earlier fees until mid-December

The Bangalore Development Authority is taking applications to regularise houses built before 10 July 2008 on land it acquired, at fees half those set when the scheme opened. The Chief Minister announced the cut on 9 November and gave 17 December 2026 as the last date. The revised charges range from 5% to 25% of the guidance value, depending on the size of the property.

Who it covers

The scheme runs under Section 38(D) of the BDA Act. It covers habitable houses built before 10 July 2008 on BDA-acquired land where the acquisition was finally notified and an award passed. It excludes houses on parks and civic-amenity land, road and ring-road alignments, stormwater drains, lake and river beds, land under high-tension lines, and land under dispute or interim court orders.

Take-up so far

At the earlier rates, about 600 owners applied. The state counts about 1.1 lakh houses in this position, so roughly 0.5% had applied.

Running to the same date

Absolute sale deeds for more than 20,000 BDA allottees whose lease-cum-sale period has ended. The BDA says it will register the deeds within 60 days of an application.
Incentive sites for landowners who surrendered land to the BDA voluntarily.
Marginal land next to sites the BDA has already allotted.

The announced date for all four is 17 December. One report gives 15 December for the regularisation route; applicants should go by the BDA's own notice.

For landowners, acquirers and lenders

Until such a house is regularised, the BDA treats the land as its own; the Chief Minister said the owners cannot sell it. For anyone aggregating land, acquiring property or lending against it in older BDA layouts, the regularisation order and, for allottees, the absolute sale deed are the documents to check, not the khata alone.

In brief

Which houses can be regularised under the BDA scheme?: Habitable houses built before 10 July 2008 on land the BDA acquired, where the acquisition was finally notified and an award passed. Parks, civic-amenity land, road alignments, drains, lake and river beds, land under high-tension lines and land under dispute or court orders are excluded.
What is the last date to apply?: The Chief Minister gave 17 December 2026 as the last date when he announced the cut on 9 November 2026. One report gives 15 December for the regularisation route, so check the BDA's notice.