Introduction

The Owner’s Special Category represents those property owners whose property belongs to the “reserved” category as defined by the state. These special categories are entitled to a rebate in the property tax amount, as per the defined categories by a State/ ULB.

Data Definition

Sr. No.	Owner Type Code*	Owner Type* (In English)	Owner Type* (In Local Language)	Exemption Rate (In %)	Exemption Flat Amount	Exemption Max Amount	Effective FY*
1	FREEDOMFIGHTER	Freedom Fighter	स्वतंत्रता सेनानी	100			2017-18
2	WIDOW	Widow	विधवा	50			2017-18
3	HANDICAPPED	Handicapped Persons	विकलांग व्यक्ति	75			2017-18

Note: The data described in the above table is a sample.

Procedure

Sr. No.	Column Name	Data Type	Data Size	Is Mandatory?	Description
1	Owner Type Code	Alphanumeric	64	Yes	Unique Identifier for Owner Type.
2	Owner Type ( In English)	Text	256	Yes	Nomenclature of “Owner Type” in English.
3	Owner Type (In Local Language)	Text	256	Yes	Nomenclature of “Owner Type” in the local language as Telugu, Hindi, etc.
4	Exemption Rate (In % )	Decimal	(5,2)	No	This column defines the rate of exemption in tax in % to which the property tax could be exempted.
5	Exemption Flat Amount	Decimal	(5,2)	No	This is the maximum amount which the property can be exempted from
6	Exemption Max Amount	Decimal	(5,2)	No	This is the flat amount by which the property owner can be exempted
7	Effective FY	Date	NA	Yes	Financial Year from which owner type record and exemption is in effect.

Steps to fill data

Download the data template attached to this page.
Get a good understanding of all the headers in the template sheet, their data type, size, and definitions by referring to the ‘Data Definition’ section of this document.
In case of any doubt, please reach out to the person who has shared this template with you to discuss and clear your doubts.
Identify the “Owner Categories” that exists at a ULB/ State level.
Add the “Owner Type Code” respectively.
Add a description to the Owner Type Name, as per the required language.

Checklist

The checklist is a set of activities to be performed once the data is filled into a template to ensure data type, size, and format of data is as per the expectation. These activities have been divided into 2 groups as given below.

Common Checklist

This checklist covers all the activities which are common across the entities.

Sr. No.	Checklist Parameter	Example

Sr. No.	Checklist Parameter	Example
1	Make sure that each and every point in this reference list has been taken care of.	Checklist

Entity Specific Checklist

This checklist covers the activities which are specific to the entity.

Sr. No.	Checklist Parameter	Example

Sr. No.	Checklist Parameter	Example
1	The predefined format of the Owner Type Code only must be used and not any random code.	-

Attachments

Configurable Data Template - Owner Type

2. Sample Configurable Data- Owner Type