India, Sept. 28 -- The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to exempt residential buildings constructed on plots larger than 1,200 square feet within Bengaluru limits from the mandatory requirement of obtaining an Occupancy Certificate (OC). The decision follows mounting public pressure over electricity connections being withheld for thousands of completed houses lacking approved plans and OCs.

Under the exemption, structures built on plots exceeding 1,200 sq ft, subject to verification and compliance checks, will be eligible for basic civic amenities like electricity even without an OC, according to a Bengaluru Mirror report.

The move comes after the Supreme Court (SC) had earlier made OC mandatory for power connections, leaving over 3.3 lakh...