The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has finally allotted alternate sites in Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL) to 784 allottees of Arkavathy Layout, who were unable to take possession of their sites for nearly two decades. The land parcels originally allotted to them were denotified under the Re-Do scheme in July 2014. The BDA had notified 2,750 acres across 16 villages in 2004 to form Arkavathy Layout, allotting sites in 2006. However, repeated denotifications and prolonged litigation led the High Court to issue a six-point guideline for dropping lands from acquisition. In 2014, the BDA introduced a Re-Do scheme that excluded 983.33 acres, now under inquiry by the Justice K.N. Keshavanarayana Committee. Affected allottees, who had paid the full amount for their plots, have spent years pursuing legal remedies and paying property tax on land never handed over. Of these, 755 Arkavathy allottees and 29 revenue-site owners from the Surabhi Seva Sangha Layout were allotted new plots in NPKL through a computerised randomisation process conducted on Monday by BDA Chairman N.A. Haris. These allottees will need to pay registration fees again for the newly allotted sites, BDA officials confirmed. While the BDA maintains that most of the 784 allottees agreed to accept alternate sites, several remain dissatisfied. One allottee said that after paying registration fees, stamp duty, and property tax for two decades, it was unfair to be allocated a far-off NPKL site with additional registration costs. Many have demanded that the BDA instead acquire the denotified lands and restore their original allotments or at least provide stray sites within Arkavathy Layout. A further 384 allottees remain entangled in litigation, with their petitions before the Justice K.N. Keshava Narayana Commission awaiting resolution. 2026 Deadline for NPKL Development Works Following the Karnataka RERA’s recent decision declaring the BDA a “promoter” and directing it to register NPKL, the agency issued a public notice on 11 November committing to complete all development works by 2026. According to the BDA, works across 2,800 acres—roughly 76 per cent of NPKL—are already complete. Remaining tasks such as asphalting, street lighting and cable laying in developed areas are expected to finish by March 2026. For the 1,064 acres still under litigation, development will proceed once possession is secured, with completion targeted for October 2026. The BDA has also committed to opening the 11 km Major Arterial Road (MAR) connecting Magadi Road and the Bengaluru–Mysuru Highway through NPKL by January 2026, delayed from its earlier November 2025 target. NPKL allottees continue to demand full integration of the MAR with the Bengaluru–Mysuru Highway via dedicated up and down ramps to ease congestion. BDA sources indicated that full integration will be taken up during Phase II of the Peripheral Ring Road project.