Make PR cards mandatory after issuance process is over: MLA Vedavyas Kamath

Mangaluru: Mangaluru South MLA D Vedavyas Kamath on Monday urged the government to make property cards mandatory for the registration and transaction of properties only the process of issuance of cards to property holders was completed.

Staging a protest outside the Mini Vidhana Soudha, Kamath that only 20 per cent of properties (i.e an approximate 30,000 to 35,000 of the 1,70,000 properties in the Mangaluru sub-registrar taluk and city limits) have secured the property cards so far while several who have applied in the year 2012 are still waiting to receive the cards.

Kamath highlighted that the office of the Urban Property Ownership Records (UPOR) is unorganised and lacked enough computers, scanners or an efficient CAD system to complete the process quickly. Moreover, he added that there is no seating arrangements and toilets for the public who visit the office for property cards.

Kamath also said that he had already appealed to the revenue minister and the Revenue Department to postpone the order making PR cards mandatory in 32 revenue villages of Mangaluru. The issue will be raised in the upcoming monsoon session of the Assembly, he said.