In what comes as a relief from the logjam created by the implementation of the December 2024 Supreme Court order, which mandated an occupancy certificate (OC) for getting utility connections, ...

The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) has already exempted residential buildings constructed on plots up to 1,200 sq ft from obtaining OC. The government wants to extend this to larger plots.

Bengaluru: No occupancy certificates required for three-storey buildings on 1,200 sq ft plots Buildings with a ground floor plus two upper floors, or a stilt plus three floors, built on plots ...

In a move that could reshape building compliance norms across Karnataka, the state’s Urban Development Department (UDD) has proposed exempting residential buildings constructed on plots measuring up ...