Karnataka High Court orders state government to fix technical glitches in Kaveri 2.0 portal for registration of leasehold properties

The Karnataka High Court has ordered the state government to immediately rectify technical glitches related to the Kaveri 2.0 registration portal that have stalled property transactions under permanent lease in several parts of the state, particularly in the Belagavi region.

Since the technical mapping flaw in Kaveri 2.0 cannot be used to deny the real property rights of citizens who have permanent leases to transfer their property through registration, the court gave the authorities a two-month deadline to clear the way for registration by correcting the technical glitches.

Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum issued the directions while allowing a petition filed by Gopalrao Kukdolkar, a Belagavi-based builder and developer.

Unable to register

The petitioner, who had constructed an apartment complex of 34 flats on land held for an indefinite period, could not register 13 flats after the introduction of the Kaveri 2.0 system. While the 21 flats were registered earlier without issue, the new software marked the same property as the municipal records mapped to Kaveri 2.0 reflected the original landlord as “owner” and the petitioner, who had the property on permanent lease (Nirantara Patta), only as “occupier/taxpayer”.

“Government authorities cannot prevent the transfer of a legally recognized and transferable leasehold interest due to a technical defect in the software or the existing property data mapping mechanism,” the court said.

A software system is a means of implementing the law. It cannot become a source for the extinction or limitation of material rights, the court said.

Relying on the communications exchanged between the registration authorities and the state government as well as the statement of CREDAI-Belagavi, the court found that many properties in the Belagavi region are held under Nirantara Patta / Perpetual Lease.

These communications indicated that the existing API mapping of properties was sending the original owner’s name to Kaveri 2.0 instead of the tenant’s name, preventing the registration of genuine transactions, the court said, pointing out that the registrars themselves had written to state authorities about difficulties in registering such properties due to technical limitations in the Kaveri 2.0 software and not questions about the legality of the properties.

Since the issue pertains to an entire class of properties and not just one builder, the court said citizens should not be forced to approach the High Court individually over a technological glitch in the government portal.

Two-month deadline

The court directed the authorities to modify the mapping of e-property records and the Kaveri 2.0 interface within two months so that the names of permanent tenants are transferred to the Kaveri 2.0 system. Failing to rectify the technical difficulties, the court ordered that the jurisdictional sub-registrars manually register the sale deeds of the properties.

Published – 05 Sep 2026 20:42 IST