Case Law and Provisions Governing Property in Karnataka

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INDEX
SL NO TOPICS PAGE NUMBER
1 KARNATAKA LAND RECORD OF RIGHTS ACT, 1958 1 TO 6
2 GOVERNMENT GRANTS ACT, 1895 6 TO 6
3 COORG LAND GRANT RULES, 1960 6 TO 14
4 K LAND GRANT (MADRAS AREA AND BELLARY DISTRICT) RULES, 1960 14 TO 20
5 KARNATAKA LAND GRANT RULES, 1969 21 TO 43
KARNATAKA LAND RECORD OF RIGHTS ACT, 1958
1. Short title, extent and commencement.

2. Application of the Act.
3. Definitions.
4. Record of Rights.
5. Acquisition of rights to be reported.
6. Register of mutations and register of disputed cases.
7. Obligation to furnish information.
8. Division of survey numbers into sub-divisions.
9. Requisition of assistance in preparation of Maps.
10. Certified copies of Records to be annexed to plaint or application.
11. Refusal of assistance.
12. Presumption of correctness of entries in record of rights and register of mutations.
13. Record of rights and register of mutations open to inspection and extracts and copies to be given.
14. Bar of suits.
15. Appeal.
16. Revision.
17. Exemption from the provisions of the Act.
18. Power to make rules.
19. Power to remove difficulties.
20. Repeal and savings.
(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Application of the Act.
This Act shall apply to all the areas in the State of Karnataka wherein the provisions of any of the Jaws repealed by Section 20 were in
force immediately before the commencement of this Act; and to such other areas in the State from such date or dates as the State
Government may by notification in the Official Gazette specify from time to time.
3. Definitions.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.
(1) "Certified copy" or "Certified extract" means a copy or extract, as the case may be, certified in the manner prescribed by Section 76 of
the Indian Evidence Act, 1872;
(2) "Chavadi" means in any village in which there is no Chavadi, such place as the Deputy Commissioner may by notification direct shall Page | 2
be deemed to be the Chavadi for the purposes of this Act;
(3) "To hold land" or to be a "Land-holder" or "holder" of land means to be lawfully in possession of land, whether such possession is
actual or not;
(4) "Holding" includes a portion of land held by a holder;
(5) The term "Joint holders" or "Joint occupants" means holders or occupants who hold land as co-sharers, whether as co-sharers in a
family undivided according to Hindu Law or otherwise and whose shares are not divided by metes and bounds; and where land is held by
joint holders or joint occupants, "holder" or "occupant" as the case may be, means all of the joint holders or joint occupants;
(6) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land, and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the
earth, and also shares in, or charges on, the revenue or rent of villages, or other defined portions of territory;
(7) "Landlord" means a lessor;
(8) "Land Records" means records maintained under the provisions of, or for the purpose of, this Act and the laws relating to Land
Revenue in force in the State of Karnataka;
(9) "Notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(10) "Occupation" means possession;
(11) "To occupy land" means to possess or take possession of land;
(12) "Occupant" means a holder in actual possession of unalienated land, other than a tenant: provided mat where the holder in actual
possession is a tenant, the landlord or superior holder, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be the occupant;
(13) "Occupancy' means a portion of land held by an occupant;
(14) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(15) "Revenue Officer" means every Officer of any rank whatsoever appointed under the laws relating to Land Revenue in force in the
State of Karnataka;
(16) "Superior holder" means a land-holder entitled to receive rent or land revenue from other land-holders (hereinafter called "inferior
holders"), whether he is accountable or not for such rent or land revenue or any part thereof, to Government: provided that where land
has been granted free of rent or land revenue, subject to the right of resumption, in certain specified contingencies, by a Jahgirdar,
Inamdar, or such other holder of alienated land whose name is authorisedly entered as such in the land records, such Jahgirdar, Inamdar
or holder shall, with reference to the grantee, be deemed to be the superior holder of land so granted by him and the grantee shall, with
reference to the grantor, be deemed to be the inferior holder of such land;
(17) "Survey Number" means a portion of land of which the area and assessment are separately entered, under an indicative number in
the land records;
(18) "Sub-division of a Survey Number" means a portion of a survey number of which the area and assessment are separately entered in
the land records under an indicative number subordinate to that of the survey number of which it is a portion;
(19) "Tenant" means.
(i) a lessee, whether holding under an instrument or under : an oral agreement;
(ii) a person who is or is deemed to be a tenant under any law for the time being in force; or
(iii) a mortgagee of a tenant's rights with possession; or
(iv) a lessee holding directly under the Government; a Local Authority or a body corporate;
(20) "Village" includes a town or city and all the land comprised within the limits of to a village, town or city.
(21) "Village Accountant" means a Shanbhog, talati Patwari or Karnam and includes such other persons as may be notified by the State
Government to be the Village Accountant for the purposes of this Act.
5. Acquisition of rights to be reported.
(1) Any person acquiring by succession, survivorship, inheritance, partition, purchase, mortgage, gift, lease or otherwise, any right as
holder, occupant, owner, mortgagee, landlord or tenant of the land, or assignee of the rent or revenue thereof, shall report orally or in
writing his acquisition of such right to the Village Accountant within three months from the date of such acquisition, and the said Village
Accountant shall at once give a written acknowledgement of the receipt of such report to the person making it:
Provided that the report to be made shall be optional where the right consists of an easement or a charge not amounting to a mortgage of
the kind specified in Section 100 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (Central Act IV of 1882):
Provided also that where the person acquiring the right is a minor or otherwise disqualified, his guardian or other person having charge
of his property shall make the report to the Village Accountant:
Provided further that any person acquiring a right by virtue of a registered document shall be exempted from the obligation to report to
the Village Accountant.
Explanation I.
The rights mentioned above includes a mortgage without possession.
Explanation II.
A person in whose favour a mortgage is discharged or extinguished, or lease determines, acquires a right within the meaning of this
section.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1) the State Government may by notification specify any Revenue Officer to
whom a report under sub-section (1) may also be made, and such Officer shall give a written acknowledgement of the receipt of such Page | 3
report to the person making it, and transmit the report to the Village Accountant of the village.
(3) If any person makes a report referred to in sub-section (1).(a) after the period of three months but within a period of one year, the
report shall be received, if it is accompanied by a penalty of five rupees;
(b) after a period of one year, the report shall be received on payment of a penalty of not less than five rupees but not exceeding twenty-
five rupees, as may be ordered by the Deputy Commissioner.
(4) No document by virtue of which any person acquires a right in any land as holder, occupant, owner, mortgagee, landlord or tenant or
assignee of the rent or revenue thereof, shall be registered under the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (Central Act XII of 1908), unless the
person liable to pay the registration fee also pays to the Registering Authority such fees as may be prescribed for making necessary
entries in the Records of the Rights, and the Registers referred to in Section 6; and on the registration of such a document, the registering
authority shall make a report of the acquisition of the right to the Village Accountant.
6. Register of mutations and register of disputed cases.
(1) The Village Accountant shall enter in a register of mutations every report made to him under sub-section (1) of Section 5 or received
by him under sub-section (2) or sub-section (4) of Section 5 and shall also make an entry therein respecting the acquisition of any right
of the kind mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 5 which he has reason to believe to have taken place and of which a report has not
been made to him under the said section.
(2) Whenever a Village Accountant makes an entry in the register of mutations he shall at the same time post up a complete copy of the
entry in a conspicuous place in the chavadi, and shall give written intimation to all persons appearing from the record of rights or
register of mutations to be interested in the mutation, and to any other person whom he has reason to believe to be interested therein.
(3) Should any objection to any entry made under sub-section (1) in the register of mutations be made either orally or in writing to the
Village Accountant, it shall be the duty of the Village Accountant to enter the particulars of the objection in a register of disputed cases.
(4) The objections entered in the register of disputed cases and such other objections as may be preferred during the inquiry shall be
enquired into and disposed of by such Officer and in such manner as may be prescribed. Orders disposing of such objections shall be
recorded in the register of mutations by such Officer.
(5) The Officer holding any enquiry under sub-section (4) shall have the same powers in making enquiries under this Act as are vested in
Courts in respect of the following matters under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 in trying a suit, namely.
(a) proof of facts by affidavits;
(b) summoning and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath; and
(c) compelling the production of documents.
(6) Entries in the register of mutations shall be verified and, if found correct, or after correction, as the case may be, shall be certified by
such Officer as may be prescribed.
(7) The transfer of entries from the register of mutations to the record of rights shall be effected in the prescribed manner provided that
an entry in the register of mutations shall not be transferred to the record of rights until such entry has been duly certified.
7. Obligation to furnish information.
(1) Any person whose rights, interests or liabilities are required to be, or have been entered in any record or register, under this Act shall
be bound, on the requisition of any Revenue Officer or Village Accountant engaged in compiling or revisiting the record or register to
furnish or produce for his inspection, within thirty days from the date of such requisition, all such information or documents needed for
the correct compilation or revision thereof as may be within his knowledge or in his possession or power.
(2) A Revenue Officer or Village Accountant to whom any information is furnished or before whom any document is produced in
accordance with a requisition under sub-section (1) shall at once give a written acknowledgement thereof to the person furnishing or
producing the same and shall endorse on any such document a note under his signature, stating the fact of its production and the date
thereof.
(3) Any person neglecting to furnish information or produce the documents required by sub-section (1) within the prescribed period
shall be liable, to pay a penalty not exceeding twenty-five rupees as may be fixed by the Deputy Commissioner and the amount payable as
penalty shall be recoverable as an arrearof land revenue.
8. Division of survey numbers into sub-divisions.
Subject to the provisions of any law in force for the time being relating to the prevention of fragmentation and consolidation of holdings.
(1) survey numbers may from time to time and at any time be divided into as many sub-divisions as may be required in view of the
acquisition of rights in land or for any other reason.
(2) the division of survey numbers into sub-divisions and the fixing of the assessments of the sub-divisions shall be carried out and from
time to time revised in accordance with the rules made by the State Government in this behalf:
Provided that the total amount of the assessment of any survey number or sub-division shall not be enhanced during any term for which
such assessment may have been fixed under any law relating to land revenue in force in the State of Karnataka unless such assessment is
liable to alteration under the provisions of those laws.
(3) the area and assessment of such sub-divisions shall be entered in such land CHAPTER records as the State Government may prescribe
in this behalf.
9. Requisition of assistance in preparation of Maps.
Subject to rules made in this behalf by the State Government.

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(1) any Revenue Officer or Village Accountant may, for the purpose of preparing or revising any map or plan required for or in
connection with any record or register under this Act, exercise any of the powers of.
(a) a Survey Officer under.
(i) Sections 96 and 97 of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bombay Act V of 1879), except the power of assessing the cost of hired
labour under Section 97;
(ii) Sections 107 and 108 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Code, 1888 (Karnataka Act VI of 1888), except the power of assessing the cost
of hired labour under Section 108; and
(iii) Section 78 of the Hyderabad Land Revenue Act, 1317-F. (Hyderabad Act VII of 1317-F);
(iv) Section 23 of the Madras Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923 (Madras Act VIII of 1923); or
(b) a Revenue Officer, under Section 121 of the Coorg Land and Revenue Regulation, 1899 (Regulation I of 1899) and
(2) any Revenue Officer of a rank not lower than that of an Assistant Commissioner or of a Survey Officer may assess the cost of the
preparation or revision of such map or plan and all contingent expenses, including the cost of clerical labour and supervision, on the
lands to which such maps or plan relate, and such costs shall be recoverable as a revenue demand.
10. Certified copies of Records to be annexed to plaint or application.
(1) The plaintiff or applicant in every suit or application as hereinafter defined relating to land situated in any area in respect of which a
notification under sub-section (2) of Section 4 has been published shall annex to the plaint or application a certified copy of any entry in
the record of rights, or register of mutations relevant to such land.
(2) If the plaintiff or applicant fails so to do for any cause which the Court deems sufficient, he shall produce such certified copy within a
reasonable time to be fixed by the Court or Conciliator, and if such certified copy is not so annexed or produced the plaint or application
shall be rejected, but the rejection thereof shall not of its own force preclude the presentation of a fresh plaint in respect of the same
cause of action or of a fresh application in respect of the same subject matter, with a certified copy annexed.
(3) After the disposal of any case in which a certified copy of any such entry has been recorded, the Court shall communicate to the
Deputy Commissioner any error appearing in such entry and any alteration therein that may be required by reason of the decree or
order, and a copy of such communication shall be kept with the record. The Deputy Commissioner shall in such case cause the entry to be
corrected in accordance with the decree or decision of the Court, so far as it adjudicates upon any right required to be entered in the
record of rights or register of mutations. The provisions of this sub-section shall apply also to an appellate or revisional Court; provided
that, in the case of an appellate or revisional decree or order passed by the High Court or the Supreme Court, the communication shall be
made by the Court from which the appeal by or the record was called for.
(4) In this section.
(a) "suit" means a suit, to which the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, or of the Mamlathdar's Court Act, 1906 (Bombay Act
II of 1906), apply; __
(b) "application" means an application.
(i) for the execution of a decree or order in a suit;
(ii) for the filing of an agreement stating a case for the opinion of the Court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Central Act V of
1908);
(iii) for the filing of an agreement to refer to arbitration under Section 20 of the Arbitration Act, 1940 (Central Act X of 1940);
(iv) for the filing of an award under Section 14 of the said Arbitration Act;
(v) of any other kind to which the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette direct that this section shall apply;
(c) an application shall be deemed to relate to land if the decree of other matter, with respect to which the application is made relates to
land;
(d) a suit, decree or other matter relating to land shall, without prejudice to the generality of the expression, be deemed to include a suit,
decree or other matter relating to the rent or tenancy of land.
11. Refusal of assistance.
Notwithstanding anything contained in any of the laws relating to Land Revenue in force in the State of Karnataka, the Deputy
Commissioner shall refuse assistance to any superior holder under the provisions of those laws, if his claim to such assistance is not
supported by an entry, or entries duly made in the record of rights or register of mutations.
12. Presumption of correctness of entries in record of rights and register of mutations.
An entry in record of rights and certified entry in the register of mutations shall be presumed to be true until the contrary is proved or a
new entry is lawfully substituted therefor.
13. Record of rights and register of mutations open to inspection and extracts and copies to be given.
Subject to such rules and the payment of such fees as the State Government may from time to time prescribe in this behalf, all maps, the
record of rights and register of mutations shall be open to the inspection of the public at reasonable hours, and certified extracts
therefrom or certified copies thereof shall be given to all persons applying for the same:
Provided that applications for such certified extracts or certified copies may be made to and such certified extracts or certified copies
may be given by, such Officer as may be empowered by the State Government.
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14. Bar of suits.
No suit shall lie against the Government or any Officer of Government in respect of a claim to have an entry made in any record or
register that is maintained under this Act, or to have any such entry omitted or amended:
Provided that if any person is aggrieved as to any right of which he is in possession by an entry made in any record or register
maintained under this Act, he may institute a suit against any person denying or interested to deny his title to such right for a declaration
of his right under Chapter VI of the Specific Relief Act, 1877; and the entry in the record or register shall be amended in accordance with
any such declaration.
15. Appeal.
Any person affected by an order made under sub-section (4) or any entry certified under sub-section (6) of Section 6, may within a
period of sixty days from the date of communication of the order to the party, appeal to such Officer as may be prescribed by Government
in this behalf and his decision shall be final.
16. Revision.
The Deputy Commissioner may, of his own motion or on application of a party, call for and examine any records made under Sections 4
and 6 and pass such orders as he may deem fit: Provided that no order shall be passed except after hearing any party who will be
adversely affected thereby.
17. Exemption from the provisions of the Act.
(1) The State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette direct that all or any of the provisions of this Act shall not be in force
in any specified local area or with reference to any class of villages or lands.
(2) Every notification under sub-section (1) shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each House of the State Legislature
while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more sessions and if before the
expiry of the said period, either House of the State legislature makes any modification in the notification or directs that the notification
shall not have effect and if the modification or direction is agreed to by the other House, the notification shall thereafter have effect only
in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be.
18. Power to make rules.
(1) The State Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication by notification make rules to carry out the purposes and
objects of this Act and for the guidance of all persons in matters connected with the enforcement of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may be made.
(a) regulating the division of survey numbers into sub-divisions and the fixing of the assessments of sub-divisions under Section 8;
(b) regulating the construction, laying out, maintenance and repair of boundary marks;
(c) regulating the compilation, maintenance and revision of the record of rights and the register of mutations, disputed cases and
tenancies and prescribing the forms in which they are to be compiled, the places at which and the Officer by whom such records and
registers have to be maintained and the Officers by whom the said records and registers are to be verified and revised;
(d) regulating the exercise by Village Accountants and Revenue Officers of the powers of a Survey Officer or Revenue Officer and the
assessment of costs and expenses under Section 9;
(e) prescribing the manner in which appeals shall be drawn up and presented;
(f) delegating the powers of the State Government or the Deputy Commissioner to any Subordinate Officer of the Government or the
Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be;
(g) prescribing the records, registers, accounts, maps and plans to be maintained for the purposes of this Act and the manner and forms
in which they shall be prepared and maintained;
(h) prescribing the fees payable for making entries in the record of rights, register of mutations and other registers maintained under
this Act, and for the inspection of the records, registers and documents maintained under this Act and the grant of copies thereof or
extracts therefrom;
(i) providing for the recovery of such fees as may be specified by the Government as arrears of land revenue.
(3) In making a rule under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Government may provide that a person guilty of a breach thereof shall
be liable to pay a penalty not exceeding fifty rupees as may be fixed by the Tahsildar in respect of each breach and the amount payable as
penalty shall be recoverable as arrear of land revenue.
(4) All rules made under this section shall be laid as soon as may be after they are made before each House of the State Legislature while
it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more sessions and if before the expiry
of the said period, either House of the State Legislature makes any modification in the rules or directs that the rules shall not have effect
and if the modification or direction is agreed to by the other House, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be
of no effect, as the case may be.
19. Power to remove difficulties.
If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette make
such provisions as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty.
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20. Repeal and savings.
The Karnataka Land Record of Rights Act, 1927 (Karnataka Act X of 1927), as in force in the Karnataka Area, except Bellary District,
Chapter X-A of the Bombay Land Revenue Code, 1879 (Bombay Act V of 1879), as in force in the Bombay Area, the Hyderabad Record of
Rights in Land Regulation, 1358-F. (Hyderabad Regulation No. LVIII of 1358-F), as in force in the Hyderabad Area, Chapter VI of the
Coorg Land and Revenue Regulation, 1899 (Coorg Regulation I of 1899) and all standing orders in force in the Madras Area or Bellary
District and any other provision of law relating to the land record of rights as in force in the Madras Area are hereby repealed:
Provided that the provisions of Section 6 of the Karnataka General Clauses Act, 1899, shall be applicable in respect of the repeal of the
said enactments and Standing Orders and Section 24 of the said Act shall be applicable as if the said enactments and provisions of law
had been repealed and re-enacted.
GOVERNMENT GRANTS ACT, 1895
1. Title and extent.-

2. Transfer of Property Act, 1882, not to apply to Government grants.
3. Government grants to take effect according to their tenor.
1. Title and extent.-
(1) This Act may be called the [Government] {Substituted for the word "Crown" by the A.0.1950 } Grants Act, 1895.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except [the territories which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised in Part B
States] { Substituted for the words "all the provinces of India" by the Adaptation of Laws (No. 2) Order, 1956 } [other than the territories
specified in Clause (a) and Clause (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the States Re-organisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956)]
{Added by Karnataka Act No. 13 of 1973, w.e.f. 14-6-1973 } [x x x x x] {The word "and" omitted by Act No. 10 of 1914}
[(3) x x x x x] {Sub-section (3) omitted by Act No. 10 of 1914 }
2. Transfer of Property Act, 1882, not to apply to Government grants.-
Nothing in the Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (4 of 1882), contained shall apply or by deemed ever to have applied to any grants or other
transfer of land or of any interest therein heretofore made or hereafter to be made [by or on behalf of the] {Substituted for the words "by
or on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen Empress, Her heirs or successors, or by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for India in Council"
by the A.0.1937 } [Government] { Substituted for the word "Crown" by the ALO 1950 } to, or in favour of, any person whomsoever; but
every such grant and transfer shall be construed and take effect as if the said Act had not been passed.
3. Government grants to take effect according to their tenor.-
All provisions, restrictions, conditions and limitations over contained in any such grant or transfer as aforesaid shall be valid and take
effect according to their tenor, any rule of law, statute or enactment of the Legislature to the contrary notwithstanding.
COORG LAND GRANT RULES, 1960

2. Application and repeal.
3 . Definitions.
4 . Powers of different Revenue Officers in respect of grant of lands.
5 . Procedure for disposal of lands for cultivation.
6 . Preparation of list of lands available for disposal.
7 . Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees.
8 . Ordinary grant of land.
9 . Grant of lands to certain categories of persons and institutions.
10 . Reservation of lands.
11 . Order of priority and extent of land to be granted.
12 . Grant of lands under the preceding rules shall be subject to the following conditions.
13 .Grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops.
14 .Cancellation of grant.
15 .Grant of land discretionary.
16 . Powers of Government.
101 FORM I
102 FORM I-A [See Rule 3]
103 FORM 2 [See [Rule 3(4)]
1. Short title, extent and commencement:
1. Title and commencement.
(1) These rules may be called the Coorg Land Grant Rules, 1960.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their first publication in the Karnataka Gazette.
These rules shall be applicable in respect of disposal under Section 42 of the Regulation, of unoccupied land which is the property of
Government, and the provisions of any other rules already issued under the Regulation for the disposal of such land, shall insofar as they
relate to matters covered by these rules, be deemed to have been repealed: Page | 7
Provided that such repeal shall not.-
(a) revive anything not in force or existing at the time at which the repeal takes effect; or
(b) affect the previous operation of any enactment so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder; or
(c) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any enactment so repealed; or
(d) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any enactment so repealed; or
(e) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or
punishment as aforesaid; and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and any such
penalty, forfeiture or punishment may be imposed, as if these rules had not been made.
3 . Definitions.
3. Definitions.
(1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) "Displaced holder" means a person deprived of agricultural land owned by him having been acquired for a public purpose or for a
company or for a Local Authority under the Land Acquisition Act;
(b) "Displaced tenant" means a person deprived of agricultural land of which he was a tenant and which land he was cultivating
personally, such land having been acquired for any public purpose or for a company or for a Local Authority under the Land Acquisition
Act;
(c) "Ex-Servicemen" means persons who have been prematurely retired from the former Indian Army or from the Armed Forces of the
Union;
(d) "Political Sufferer" means any person who had gone to jail or suffered substantial loss of property or income in the cause of Indian
Independence or as a result of taking part in movements launched or sponsored by the [Indian National Congress or under its sanction or
has been a member of the ex-Indian National Army (Ex-I.N.A.)] {Substituted for the words "Indian National Congress or under its
sanction" by Notification No. RD 11 LAD 62, dated 8/13-11-1962}and includes the spouse or child of a deceased political sufferer;
(e) "Regulation" means the Coorg Land and Revenue Regulation, 1899 (Coorg Act I of 1899);
(f) "Sufficient holder" means a person who owns not less than two acres of garden land, or two acres of wet land having assured
irrigation facilities from tanks or channels, or four acres of other kinds of wet land, or ten acres of dry land.
Explanation.
If a person owns more than one class of land, the extent of land owned by him for purposes of this clause shall be determined by
converting the extent of different classes of land into the equivalent extent of dry land as follows.
One acre of garden land or one acre of wet land having assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels shall be deemed to be
equivalent to two acres of other kinds of wet land or to [five acres of dry land] {Substituted for the words "four acres of dry land" by
Notification No. RD 122 LAD 60, dated 13/15-2-1962}.
(g) "Insufficient holder" means a person who is not a sufficient holder;
(h) "To cultivate personally" means to cultivate land on one's own account.
(i) by one's own labour; or
(ii) (ii) by the labour of any member of one's family; or
(iii) by hired labour or by servants on wages payable in cash or kind but not in crop share under the personal supervision of oneself or
any member of one's family.
Explanation.-
In the case of a joint Hindu family, the land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by any member of such family.
(i) "Reserved trees" means sandal, teak, and such other classes of trees as the Government may by order declare to be reserved trees in
any area or areas as may be specified in the order.
[4. Powers of different Revenue Officers in respect of grant of lands.-
The powers of the different Revenue Officers as regards the grant of land under these rules shall be as follows and any grant made in
contravention of these provisions shall be void, and any person occupying any land under such a grant shall be dealt with under Section
43 or the Regulation.-
(1) The Tahsildar to whom the power of the Deputy Commissioner in this behalf has been delegated may grant not exceeding two acres
of rain-fed wet land or four acres of dry land, provided the market value of such land [x x x x x] {The words "including the value of trees
thereon" omitted by Notification No. RD 13 LAD 61, dated 9-8-1961.} does not exceed three hundred rupees.
(2)(i) The Deputy Commissioner may grant land not exceeding five acres of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities
from tanks or channels or ten acres of other kinds of wet land or ten acres of dry land provided the market value of such land including
the value of trees thereon does not exceed two thousand rupees; where the market value of such land [x x x x x] {The words "including
the value of trees thereon" omitted by Notification No. RD 13 LAD 61, dated 9-8-1961.}exceeds two thousand rupees but does not exceed
five thousand rupees, the Deputy Commissioner may grant the land with the previous sanction of the Divisional Commissioner;
(ii) Where the grant is made to a displaced holder or a displaced tenant, the Deputy Commissioner, may grant the land up to ten acres of
garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or twenty acres of any other kind of wet land or forty Page | 8
acres of dry land, irrespective of the value of the land;
(iii) The Deputy Commissioner may grant land required for the better enjoyment of the land held nearby to the land so held up to twenty
guntas of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or one acre of other kinds of wet land or two
acres of dry land, provided the market value of such land does not exceed one thousand and five hundred rupees. The Deputy
Commissioner may, with the previous sanction of the Divisional Commissioner, also grant land required for better enjoyment of the land
held nearby up to one acre of wet land or two acres of dry land provided the market value of such land does not exceed three thousand
rupees.
(3) No grant of land shall be made by the Deputy Commissioner or other Officer, in any case other than those specified above, except with
the previous sanction of the Government.
(4) In respect of determination of the value of trees and other forest growth for purposes of any of the preceding clauses, where the
estimated value exceeds one thousand rupees, the valuation shall be got confirmed by the District Forest Officer and where there is a
difference of opinion as regards the value between the Revenue Officer and the District Forest Officer, the valuation made by the District
Forest Officer shall be deemed to be the value of the trees and other forest growth.
5. Procedure for disposal of lands for cultivation.
(1) Applications for grant of lands under the control of the Revenue Department shall be made in writing in Form I to the Tahsildar of the
taluk in which the land applied for is situated. Applications presented to other authorities shall be forwarded by them to the Tahsildar.
(2) The Tahsildar shall immediately on receipt of an application ascertain if the land in question is actually available for grant and is
under the control of the Revenue Department.
(3) If the land applied for is not available, the application shall be rejected and the applicant informed of the fact of the land not being
available:
Provided that where the land applied for is Government land but is not under the control of the Revenue Department and the Tahsildar is
of the opinion that such land should be released for cultivation, he shall make a report to the Deputy Commissioner who shall, if
necessary take appropriate action to get such land released for grant.]
(4) All applications for grant of land under these rules shall be registered in the order in which they are received in a register which shall
be maintained in the Taluk Office in Form II.
6. Preparation of list of lands available for disposal.
For determining the lands available for disposal in any village, the Tahsildar shall prepare a list of the lands which have been or have to
be assigned for special purposes such as, for free pasturage for village cattle, for forest reserve or for any other public purpose including
cattle sheds and stands, sites for stacking hay and other agricultural produce, manure pits, extension of Gramtanas, provision of sites for
school buildings, play grounds and gymnasia, sites for other public buildings like offices of Village Panchayats and Co-operative Societies,
and burial and cremation grounds according to the standards laid down by Government. Only unoccupied lands fit for cultivation
remaining after reserving sufficient extent for the aforesaid special purposes, shall be included in the list of lands available for disposal.
7 . Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees.
7. Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees.
No lands with more than twenty-five reserved trees in an acre shall be disposed of for cultivation except under the special orders of
Government.
8 . Ordinary grant of land.
8. Ordinary grant of land.
(1) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be granted to an individual who.
(i) is poor; and
(ii) has attained majority; and
(iii) is either a bona fide agriculturist cultivating land personally or bona fide intends to cultivate the land personally.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) any individual holding land may be granted for an upset price, land near to the
land so held, if such nearby land is, in the opinion of the authority granting the land, required for the better enjoyment or better
cultivation of the land so held.
(3) In respect of land granted under this rule.

(i) the occupancy price payable for dry land and rain-fed wet land shall ordinarily be not less than ten and not more than twenty times
the assessment of the said land;
(ii) the occupancy price payable for wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels shall be at such rates as may be
fixed by Government from time to time;
(iii) the occupancy price for garden land shall be the market value of such land;
(iv) the occupancy price of any other land shall ordinarily be not less than six times and not more than twenty times the assessment of
the said land.
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(4) As a rule land shall be granted on payment of occupancy price [x x x x x] {The words, brackets and figure "or free of cost to poor and
landless persons or insufficient holders who are eligible for the grant under sub-rule (1)" omitted by Notification No. RD 89 LAD 60,
dated 18-4-1961}. In special cases where the land is very valuable or where there is no demand for the land from persons eligible for the
grant under sub-rules (1) and (2), the Deputy Commissioner, or other officer authorised by him in this behalf, may sell such land by
public auction.
9. Grant of lands to certain categories of persons and institutions.
(1)(a) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be granted to a Political Sufferer who.-
(i) is poor; and
[(b) A political sufferer who is a landless or an insufficient holder may be granted free of cost under this rule so much of area as to make
up a total holding upto two acres of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or four acres of other kinds of wet
land or ten acres of dry land.] {Clause (b) substituted by Notification No. RD 122 LAD 60, dated 13/15-2-1962}
(2) The following provisions shall be applicable to the grant of lands to displaced holders and displaced tenants.
(a) The extent of land granted shall not exceed the extent of land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived due to
the acquisition;
Explanation.-
For purposes of this sub-rule one acre of garden land shall be deemed to be equivalent to one acre of wet land having assured irrigation
facilities from tanks or channels or two acres of other kinds of wet land or [five acres of dry land] {Substituted for the words "four acres
of dry land" by Notification No. RD 122 LAD 60, dated 13/15-2-1962}.
(b) (i) Where the extent of agricultural land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was equal
to or less than five acres of rain-fed wet land, an equal extent of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels may be
granted. Where such extent exceeds five acres, five acres plus half the area in excess of five acres may be granted in terms of wet land
with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels.
(ii) Where the agricultural land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was arecanut garden
land, an equal extent of wet land with assured irrigation facilities under tanks or channels or twice the extent of other kinds of wet land
may be granted.
(iii) Where the agricultural land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was dry land, an equal
extent of dry land or one-fourth of that extent of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or one-half of that
extent of other kinds of wet land may be granted.
(iv) Where the land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was wet land other than wet land
with assured irrigation facilities from tanks 'or channels, an equal extent of the same category of land may be granted.
(c) The extent of land if any, to be granted to the displaced holder or displaced tenant shall be such that the total land held by him,
whether as owner or tenant or partly as owner or partly as tenant, after such grant shall not exceed twenty-five acres of garden land or
wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or forty acres of other kinds of wet land or seventy-five acres of dry
land.
(d) The grant in favour of the displaced holder or displaced tenant, shall not, except with the previous sanction of the Government,
exceed ten acres of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or twenty acres of other kinds of wet
land, or forty acres of dry land.
(e) A displaced tenant may be granted land free of cost upto two acres of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or
channels or four acres of other kinds of wet land or ten acres of dry land, subject to the condition that he shall pay the betterment
contribution, if any, in respect of that land and also the value of the trees standing on the land.
(3) Educational Institutions.
(a) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be leased by Deputy Commissioner to schools, colleges, training institutions
for Social Welfare Workers and students hostels (other than Government Schools, Colleges and Hostels) recognised by the Director of
Public Institution or the University, as the case may be, for cultivation by the students of the schools or colleges or by the inmates of the
training institutions for social welfare workers or the hostels as the case may be, for such period not exceeding thirty years as the
authority competent to lease the land deems fit, on an annual rent equal to the land revenue payable in respect of the land, subject to the
following conditions.
(i) the land should be utilised only for the purpose for which it is leased;
(ii) the proceeds derived from the land should be utilised only for the benefit of the institution;
(iii) the land leased under this sub-rule should not be sub-leased;
(iv) no act which is destructive or permanently injurious to the land should be done;
(v) the lease may be terminated for contravening any of the aforesaid conditions, or for non-payment of the rent of the land for any year,
or when recognition to the educational institution by the Director of Public Instruction or by the University, as the case may be, is
withdrawn or by six months notice.
(b) In determining the extent of land to be leased under clause (a), the Revenue Officer concerned shall have due regard to the
availability of the land in the locality and the number of students or inmates in the Institution concerned, and the total extent of land
which may be leased shall not exceed ten acres of wet land or twenty-five acres of dry or rain-fed wet land:
Provided that land in excess of the aforesaid extent may be leased with the previous sanction of Government.
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(a) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be leased by Deputy Commissioner to Village Panchayats for raising
vegetable gardens and fruit trees, for such period not exceeding thirty years as he deems fit, on an annual rent equal to the land revenue
payable in respect of the land and subject to the following conditions.
(i) the land should be utilised for the purpose for which it is leased;
(ii) the land should not be sub-leased or alienated;
(iii) no act which is destructive or permanently injurious to the land should be done;
(iv) the lease may be terminated for contravening any of the aforesaid conditions or for non-payment of the rent of the land leased for
any year.
(b) In determining the extent of land to be leased under clause (a) the Deputy Commissioner shall have due regard to the availability of
the land in the locality and the requirements of the panchayat concerned, and the total extent of land which may be leased shall not
exceed ten acres of wet land or twenty-five acres of dry land.
(5) Fanning Co-operative Societies.
(a) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be leased by Deputy Commissioner to Farming Societies registered or
deemed to be registered under the Karnataka Co- operative Societies Act, 1959, for such period not exceeding thirty years as he deems
fit, on an annual rent equal to the land Revenue payable in respect of the land and subject to the following conditions.
(i) the land should be cultivated personally by the member of the Society;
(ii) no act which is destructive or permanently injurious to the land should be made;
(iii) the lease shall be terminated in case the registration of the Society is cancelled;
(iv) the land should not be sub-leased or alienated;
(v) the lease may be terminated for contravening all or any of the aforesaid conditions or for non-payment of rent of the land for any
year.
(b) In determining the extent of land to be leased under clause (a), the Deputy Commissioner shall decide the total extent to be granted at
the rates specified in Rule 9(2) for each individual of the Society.] {Sub-rules (4) and (5) added by Notification No. RD 89 LAD 60, dated
18-4-1961}
[10. Reservation of lands.-
(1) Land available for disposal in a village shall be reserved, for grant to different categories of persons eligible for such grant, in
accordance with the following provisions.
(i) Ex-Servicemen and families of soldiers participating in the Indo-China Border conflict 20%
(ii) Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes 50%
(iii) Political Sufferers 10%
(iv) Others in the order of preference as mentioned in Rule 9 20%
Provided that where no applications are received from many category of persons mentioned above the rest may get the land in the order
of preference:
Provided further that the reservation may be continued in so far as the first category is concerned even though there are no applications
from persons mentioned in Category (i) and if an enlisted soldier applies for land, he may be given the first priority.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding clauses applicants who are displaced holders or displaced tenants who were
cultivating personally the land of which they were deprived by the acquisition, may be granted any available land whether reserved
under any of the preceding clauses or not in preference to all other applicants.
11. Order of priority and extent of land to be granted.
Lands available for disposal in a village after reservation of extents specified in sub-rules (i), (ii) and (iii) of rule may be granted in order
of preference as indicated below.
(i) Poor and landless labourers residing in the village; (ii) Ex-Servicemen as per present rules;
(iii) Poor and landless labourers residing in the immediate neighbourhood;
(iv) Poor labourers having insufficient holding in the village;
(v) Poor labourers having insufficient holding in the neighbouring village;
[(vi) Toddy tappers and displaced goldsmiths;] {Item (vi) of Rule 9 substituted by GSR 263, dated 28-8-1964.}
(vii) Dairymen.] {Rules 10 and 11 substituted by Notification No. RD 89 LAD 62, dated 12-9-1963, w.e.f. 19-9-1963.}
[Explanation.-
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For purposes of this rule "displaced goldsmith" means a goldsmith who has lost his job or who has given up his profession consequent on
the coming into force of the Gold Control Order, 1963.] {Explanation added by GSR 263, dated 28-8-1964.}
12 .Grant of lands under the preceding rules shall be subject to the following conditions.
12. Grant of lands under the preceding rules shall be subject to the following conditions.
(1) In the case of grant of tends to applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and to other applicants who are
unable to pay me occupancy price on account of poverty, the occupancy price may be waived up to rupees two hundred and the balance
recovered in three annual instalments.
(2) In the case of grant of land to applicants who are ex-servicemen the occupancy price shall be waived up to the extent awarded by
Government under the Military Concession Rules.
(3) In the case of grant of land free of occupancy price, the grant shall be subject to the condition that the grantee shall pay contribution
or betterment levy in respect of the land and the value of trees standing on the land.
(4) Where the grant is made free of cost, or is made at a price which is less than the market value of the land or where the occupancy
price is waived either wholly or partially, the grant shall be subject to the condition that the land shall not be alienated for a period of
fifteen years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land:
Provided that such land may be alienated with the previous sanction of the Government and subject to such conditions as the
Government may specify, if the Government is of the opinion that in the circumstances, of any case it is just and reasonable to permit
such alienation either for purposes of acquiring some other land or for any other purpose:
Provided further that nothing in this clause shall apply to.
(a) the alienation of any land in favour of the State Government or Co-operative Society as security for loans obtained for improvement of
the land or for buying cattle or agricultural implements for the cultivation of the land, or alienation of any land in favour of the Indian
Coffee Board as security for loans advanced by the Indian Coffee Board under the Coffee Development Plan;
(b) the leasing of any land by a person who is a widow, a minor or who is subject to physical or mental disability or who is a serving
member of the armed forces.
(5) The grantee shall cultivate the land personally.
(6) The land shall be brought under cultivation within two years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land.
(7) The grant is liable to be terminated and the land resumed if any of the aforesaid conditions is not fulfilled, and on such resumption
the land shall vest in Government free from all encumbrances:
Provided that no land shall be resumed under this clause except after giving an opportunity to the grantee or his successor in interest to
show-cause why the grant should not be terminated and the land resumed.
13. Grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding rules, grant of lands for cultivation of coffee, tea, rubber, cardamom, pepper
and cashewnut may be made to any person:
Provided that while making any such grant preference shall be given to poor and landless persons and insufficient holders:
Provided further that grant of lands for coffee cultivation shall be on a lease basis in the first instance subject to confirmation after the
grantee obtains a license from the Indian Coffee Board for planting coffee on the area so leased within a period of five years from the date
of such lease.
(2) (i) Coffee and tea cultivation.
An extent up to fifty acres may be granted to an applicant for coffee or tea cultivation provided the total holding under plantation crops of
such applicant together with the area to be granted does not exceed one hundred acres;
(ii) Rubber cultivation.
An extent up to twenty-five acres may be granted for cultivation of rubber provided the total holding under plantation crops of such
applicant together with the area to be granted does not exceed one hundred acres.
(iii) Cardamom cultivation.
An extent up to twenty-five acres may be granted for cultivation of cardamom.
[(iv) Pepper cultivation.
An extent upto twenty- five acres may be granted for cultivation of pepper, provided the total holding under plantation crops does not
exceed one hundred acres;
(v) Cashewnut cultivation.
An extent upto twenty-five acres may be granted for cultivation of cashewnut, provided that the total holding under plantation crops
does not exceed one hundred acres.] {Items (iv) and (v) substituted by Notification No. RD 122 LAD 60, dated 13/15-2-1962}
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained [in Rule 6] {Substituted for the words and figure "in Rule 4" by Notification No. RD 13 LAD 61,
dated 9-8-1961.}, the Deputy Commissioner may grant for the cultivation of plantation crops an area not exceeding twenty-five acres
provided the market value of such land including the value of trees thereon does not exceed two thousand rupees; where the market
value of such land including the value of trees thereon exceeds two thousand rupees but does not exceed five thousand rupees, the
Deputy Commissioner may grant such land with the previous sanction of the Divisional Commissioner:
Provided that where the extent of land to be granted exceeds twenty-five acres in extent or the value of such land including the value of Page | 12
the trees thereon exceeds rupees five thousand, previous sanction of Government shall be obtained.
(4) Occupancy price.
The occupancy price payable in respect of grant of land under this rule shall be the market value of such land.
(5) Conditions of grant.
(i) The land granted shall not be alienated for a period of fifteen years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land:
Government may specify, if the Government is of the opinion that in the circumstances of any case, it is just and reasonable to permit
such alienation either for purposes of acquiring some other land or for any other purpose.
(ii) The area granted shall be brought under cultivation within five years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land;
(iii) The grant is liable to be terminated and the land resumed if the land is appropriated for a purpose other than that for which the land
is granted, or if any of the aforesaid conditions is not fulfilled:
14. Cancellation of grant.
Any grant of land made under these rules shall be liable to be cancelled and the land resumed to Government, by the authority making
the grant where the grant has been obtained by making false or fraudulent representations:
Provided that no such cancellation shall be made except after giving an opportunity to the grantee to show-cause why the grant should
not be cancelled.
15. Grant of land discretionary.
Nothing contained in these rules shall be deemed to confer on any person any right to the grant of any land, and the authority competent
to make or sanction the grant may pass orders as it deems fit taking all the relevant circumstances into consideration.
16 .Powers of Government.
16. Powers of Government.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding rules, the Government may suo motu or on the recommendation of the Divisional
Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner if it is of the opinion that in the circumstances of any case or classes of cases, it is just and
reasonable to relax any of the foregoing provisions of these rules under which land may be granted under these rules, it may by order
direct such relaxation subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order, and thereupon land may be granted in such a case or
classes of cases in accordance with such direction.] {Rules numbered as 2 to 14 after the rule relating to "Definitions" renumbered as
Rules 4 to 16, vide Notification No. RD 13 LAD 61, dated 9-8-1961.}
101 FORM I
101 FORM I
FORM I
Darkhast Application
[See [Rule 5]
{Substituted for the brackets, word and figure "[Rule 3]" by Notification No. RD 13 LAD 61, dated 9-8-1961.}]
Taluk................... Hobli............
1. Name of the Applicant
2. Father's Name
(a) Age of the applicant
3. Is the applicant.
1. A member of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe; or
2. A Political Sufferer; or
3. An Ex-Serviceman
4. Residence and occupation
5. Particulars of land applied for Village First Second Third
Preference Preference Preference
6. Survey Number
7. Dry
8. Extent Wet Page | 13

9. Garden
10. Particulars of Land standing in the Khate of the Extent Classed as
land owned or applicant or any other member
cultivated by of the family Village S.No. Wet Bagayat Dry
the applicant
11. Land cultivated by the applicant Extent Classed as
Village S.No. Wet Bagayat Dry
12. Assessment paid by the

applicant
13. Number of members in the
family of the applicant
14. Number of cattle owned by the

applicant
Signature of the Applicant

FORM I-A
[See Rule 3]
Your application, dated ............... 19. ....... grant of land in Survey No. Village .... .Taluk. ............District.............. ..... is registered as No. ...............
Tahsildar.........

FORM 2
[See [Rule 3(4)]
{Substituted for the brackets, word and figures "[Rule (34)]" by Notification No. RD 13 LAD 61, dated 9-8-1961.}]
Register of Applications for the Occupation of Lands in the Taluk of. ...... .of the ................. .District.
SI. No. Date of Name of Whether application Particulars of land applied for
Year receipt of applicant was presented
darkhast and his through Revenue
Village Survey Description Extent Assessment
residence Inspector or direct
Number
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Date of transmission to Revenue Date of receipt of Estimated Whether land has been Date of Sale proceeds
Inspector of Village Officers for report value and ordered to be disposed sale
report other of by public auction free
particulars of or for upset price
malki
(10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)
Date of receipt of Date of passing final Date of issue of Date of Duration, i.e., interval Remarks
sale records orders and nature of Saguvali Chit delivery between Column 2 and
such orders thereof to Column 19.
the grantee
(16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)

Notes:
1. The same form of Register may be adopted for land in each of the several classes of land darkhast, but there should be a separate
Register for each class.
2. Fresh Registers should be opened at the beginning of every year, pending cases or balance being carried forward from the old to the
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new Register. The File Register number of the cases should not however, on this account be changed.
3. When pakka phodi of a part survey number is complete and the same is brought on to the akarbad, on entry to that effect should be
made in red ink in the remarks column of the Darkhast Register at the same time that the particular entry in the supplemental Khetwar
Patrick is struck off.
K LAND GRANT (MADRAS AREA AND BELLARY DISTRICT) RULES, 1960

2. Definitions.
3. Powers of different Revenue Officers in respect of grant of lands.
6 . Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees
7 . Ordinary grants of lands.
11 . Conditions subject to which lands may be granted.
12 . Grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops.
14 .Grant of land to persons to whom the lands have been leased temporarily.
17 . Savings.
100 FORM I
1. Title, commencement and Application.
(1) These rules may be called the Land Grant (Madras Area and Bellary District) Rules, 1960.
(2) They shall come into force from 15th October, 1960.
(3) After the coming into force of these rules no land shall be granted except in accordance with these rules.
2. Definitions.
2. Definitions.
In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires.
(a) "Displaced holder" means a person deprived of agricultural land owned by him having been acquired for a public purpose or for a
company or for a local authority under the Land Acquisition Act;
(b) "Displaced tenant" means a person deprived of agricultural land of which he was a tenant and which land he was cultivating
personally, such land having been acquired for any public purpose or for a company or for a local authority under the Land Acquisition
Act;
(c) "Ex-servicemen" means persons who have been prematurely retired from the former Indian Army or from the Armed Forces of the
Union;
(d) "Political Sufferer" means any person who had gone to jail or suffered substantial loss of property or income in the cause of Indian
Independence as a result of taking part in movements launched or sponsored by the Indian National Congress or under its sanction and
includes the spouse or child of a deceased Political Sufferer;
(e) "Sufficient holder" means a person who owns not less than two acres of garden land, or two acres of wet land having assured
irrigation facilities from tanks or channels, or four acres of other Kinds of wet land, or ten acres of dry land;
Explanation.
If a person owns more than one class of land, the extent of land owned by him for purposes of this clause shall be determined by
converting the extent of different classes of land into the equivalent extent of dry land as follows.
One acre of garden land or one acre of wet land having assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels shall be deemed to be
equivalent to two acres of other kinds of wet land or to four acres of dry land.
(f) "Insufficient holder" means a person who is not a sufficient holder;
(g) "To cultivate personally" means to cultivate land on one's own account.
(i) by one's own labour; or

(ii) by the labour of any member of one's family; or
(iii) by hired labour or by servants on wages payable in cash or kind but not in crop share under the personal supervision of oneself or
any member of one's family.
Explanation.
In the case of a Joint Hindu Family, the land shall be deemed to be cultivated personally, if it is cultivated by any member of such family.
(h) "Reserved trees" means Sandal, Teak and such other species of trees as the Government may by order declare to be reserved in any
area or areas as may be specified in the order.
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3. Powers of different Revenue Officers in respect of grant of lands.
The powers of the different Revenue Officers as regards the grant of land under these rules shall be as follows and any grant made in
contravention of these provisions shall be void, and any person occupying any land under such a grant shall be dealt with under the
provisions of the Madras Land Encroachment Act, 1905 (Madras Act III of 1905).
(1) The Tahsildar to whom the power of the Deputy Commissioner in this behalf has been delegated may grant not exceeding two acres
of rain-fed wet land or four acres of dry land, provided the market value of such land including the value of trees thereon does not exceed
three hundred rupees.
(2) The Assistant Commissioner-in-charge of a taluk or any Assistant Commissioner appointed by Government to a district, to whom the
duties and powers of the Deputy Commissioner as regards grant of un-occupied lands are assigned may grant land not exceeding two
acres of land fit for garden cultivation or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or four acres of other kinds of
wet land or eight acres of dry land; provided the market value of such land including the value of trees thereon does not exceed one
thousand rupees.
[Provided firmer that in respect of grant of un-occupied lands in South Kanara District to displaced holders and displaced tenants who
are displaced, on account of acquisition of lands for the Mangalore Port Project, the powers of the Assistant Commissioner shall be
exercisable by the Assistant Commissioners performing the functions of Special Land Acquisition Officers for the Mangalore Port
Project.] .{Further proviso to clause (2) inserted by GSR 29, dated 22-1-1964}
(3)(i) The Deputy Commissioner may grant land not exceeding five acres of land fit for garden cultivation or wet land with assured
irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or ten acres of other kinds of wet land or ten acres of dry land: Provided the market value of
such land including the value of trees thereon does not exceed two thousand rupees; where the market value of such land including the
value of trees thereon exceeds two thousand rupees but does not exceed five thousand rupees, the Deputy Commissioner may grant the
land with the previous sanction of the Divisional Commissioner.
(ii) Where the grant is made to a displaced holder or a displaced tenant, the Deputy Commissioner may grant the land up to ten acres of
garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or twenty acres of any other kind of wet land or forty
acres of dry land, irrespective of the value of the land;
(iii) The Deputy Commissioner may grant land required for the better enjoyment of the land held nearby to the land so held up to twenty
guntas of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or one acre of other kinds of wet land or two
acres of dry land, provided the market value of such land does not exceed one thousand and five hundred rupees. The Deputy
Commissioner may, with the previous sanction of the Divisional Commissioner, also grant land required for better enjoyment of the land
held nearby up to one acre of wet land or two acres of dry land; provided the market value of such land does not exceed three thousand
rupees.
1 [[Provided that in respect of grant of unoccupied lands in South Kanara District to displaced holders and displaced tenants who are
displaced on account of the acquisition of lands for the Mangalore Port Project, the powers of the Deputy Commissioner shall be
exercisable by the Additional Deputy Deputy Commissioner (Harbour and Railways), South Kanara District.] .{Proviso to sub-clause (iii)
of clause (3) inserted by GSR 29, dated 22-1-1964}
(4) No grant of land shall be made by the Deputy Commissioner or other Officer, in any case other than those specified above, or in excess
of the extent prescribed above except with the previous sanction of the Government.
(5) In respect of determination of the value of trees for purposes of any of the preceding clauses, where the estimated value exceeds one
thousand rupees, the valuation shall be got confirmed by the District Forest Officer and where there is a difference of opinion as regards
the value between the Revenue Officer and the District Forest Officer, the valuation made by the District Forest Officer shall be deemed to
be the value of the trees.
(1) Applications for grant of lands under the control of the Revenue Department shall be made to the Tahsildar of the taluk in which the
land applied for is situated. It shall be in writing and shall contain the following particulars.
(i) The name and address of the applicant;
(ii) The extent of land if any already owned by him or his family if he is a member of a joint family;
(iii) The particulars of the land applied for;
(iv) Whether he belongs to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe or is a Political Sufferer or displaced holder or tenant.
Applications presented to other authorities shall be forwarded by them to the Tahsildar.
(2) The Tahsildar shall immediately on receipt of an application ascertain if the land in question is available for grant and is under the
control of the Revenue Department.
(3) If the land applied for is not available for Disposal, the application shall be rejected under intimation to the applicant provided that
Where the land applied for is Government land but is not under the control of the Revenue Department, and the Tahsildar is of the
opinion that such land could be released for cultivation, he shall make a report to the Deputy Commissioner who shall if necessary take
appropriate action to get such land released for disposal.
(4) All applications for grant of land under these rules shall be registered in the order in which they are received in a register which shall
be maintained in the Taluk Office in Form 1 of Appendix A of the Karnataka Land Revenue Rules to be translated.
5. Preparation of list of lands available for disposal.
For determining the lands available for disposal in any village, the Tahsildar shall prepare a list of the lands which have been or have to Page | 16
be assigned for special purposes such as for free pasturage, for village cattle, for forest reserve or for any other public purpose including
cattle sheds and stands, sites for stacking hay and other agricultural produce, manure pits, extension of Gramatanas, provision of sites for
school buildings, play grounds and gymnasia, sites for other public buildings like Offices of village panchayats and Co-operative Societies
and burial and cremation grounds. Only unoccupied lands fit for cultivation remaining after reserving sufficient extent for the aforesaid
special purposes, shall be included in the list of lands available for disposal.
6 . Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees
6. Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees.
No land with more than twenty-five reserved trees in an acre shall be disposed of for cultivation except under the special orders of
Government.
7 . Ordinary grants of lands.
7. Ordinary grants of lands.
(1) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may -t>e granted to an individual who.
(i) is poor; and
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) any individual holding land may be granted for an upset price, land near to the
land so held, if such nearby land is, in the opinion of the authority granting the land, required for the better enjoyment or better
cultivation of the land so held.
(3) In respect of land granted under this rule.
(i) the occupancy price payable for dry land and rain-fed wet land shall ordinarily be not less than ten and not more than twenty times
the assessment of the said land;
(ii) the Occupancy price payable for wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels shall be at such rates as may be
fixed by Government from time to time;
(iii) the occupancy price for garden land shall be the market value of such land;
(iv) the occupancy price of any other land shall ordinarily be not less than six times and not more than twenty times the assessment of
the said land.
(4) As a rule land shall be granted on payment of occupancy price or free of cost to poor and landless persons or insufficient holders who
are eligible for the grant under sub-rule (1). In special cases where the land is very valuable or where there is no demand for the land
from persons eligible for the grant under sub-rules (1) and (2), the Deputy Commissioner, or other Officer authorised by him in this
behalf, may sell such land by public auction.
8. Grant of lands to certain categories of persons and institutions.
(1)(a) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be granted to a political sufferer who.
(i) is poor; and
(b) A Political Sufferer who is an insufficient holder may be granted free of cost under this Rule up to two acres of wet land with assured
irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or four acres of other kinds of wet land or ten acres of dry land.
(2) The following provisions shall be applicable to the grant of lands to displaced holders and displaced tenants.
(a) The extent of land granted shall not exceed the extent of land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived due to
the acquisition;
Explanation.
For purposes of this Rule, one acre of garden land shall be deemed to be equivalent to one acre of wet land having assured irrigation
facilities from tanks or channels or two acres of other kinds of wet land or four acres of dry land.
(b) (i) Where the extent of agricultural land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was equal
to or less than five acres of rain-fed wet land, an equal extent of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels may be
granted. Where such extent exceeds five acres, five acres plus half the area in excess of five acres may be granted in terms of wet land
with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels;
(ii) Where the agricultural land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was arecanut garden
land, an equal extent of wet land with assured irrigation facilities under tanks or channels or twice the extent of other kinds of wet land
may be granted;
(iii) Where the agricultural land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was dry land, an equal
extent of dry land or one-fourth of that extent of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or one-half of that
extent of other kinds of wet land may be granted;
(iv) Where the land of which the displaced holder or displaced tenant was deprived by the acquisition was wet land other than wet land Page | 17
with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels, an equal extent of the same category of land may be granted.
(c) The extent of land, if any, to be granted to the displaced holder or displaced tenant shall be such that the total land held by him,
whether as owner or tenant or partly as owner or partly as tenant, after such grant shall not exceed twenty-five acres of garden land or
wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or forty acres of other kinds of wet land or seventy-five acres of dry
land;
(d) The grant in favour of the displaced holder or displaced tenant shall not except with the previous sanction of the Government, exceed
ten acres of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or twenty acres of other kinds of wet land or
forty acres of dry land;
(e) A displaced tenant may be granted land free of cost up to two acres of wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or
channels or four acres of other kinds of wet land or ten acres of dry land, subject to the condition that he shall pay the betterment
contribution, if any, in respect of that land and also the value of the trees standing on the land.
(3) Educational Institutions.
(a) Lands under the control of the Revenue Department may be leased by Deputy Commissioners to Schools, Colleges, Training
Institutions for Social Welfare Workers and Students' Hostels (other than Government Schools, Colleges and Hostels) recognised by the
Director of Public Instruction or the University, as the case may be, for cultivation by the students of the schools or colleges or by the
inmates of the training institutions for social welfare workers or the hostels, as the case may be, for such period not exceeding thirty
years as the authority competent to lease the land deems fit, on an annual rent equal to the land revenue payable in respect of the land,
and subject to the following conditions.
(i) the land should be utilised only for the purposes for which it is leased;
(ii) the proceeds derived from the land should be utilised only for the benefit of the institution;
(iii) the land leased under this rule should not be sub-leased;
(iv) no act which is destructive or permanently injurious to the land should be done;
(v) the lease may be terminated for contravening any of the aforesaid conditions, or for non-payment of the rent of the land for any year,
or when recognition to the Educational Institution by the Director of Public Instruction or by the University, as the case may be, is
withdrawn or by six months notice.
(b) In determining the extent of land to be leased under clause (a) the Revenue Officer concerned shall have due regard to the availability
of the land in the locality and the number of students or inmates in the Institution concerned, and the total extent of land which may be
leased shall not exceed ten acres of wet land or twenty-five acres of dry or rain-fed wet land:
Provided that land in excess of the aforesaid extent may be leased with the previous sanction of Government.
9. Reservation of lands.
Lands available for disposal in a village shall be reserved, for grant to the different categories of persons eligible for such grant, in
accordance with the following provisions.
(a) Where the area of land available for disposal in any village is less than ten acres, the entire available extent shall be reserved for grant
to applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who are ordinarily resident in the village.
(b) Where the land available for disposal in a village is more than ten acres, fifty per cent of the land so available, subject to a minimum of
ten acres, shall be reserved for grant to applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes ordinarily resident in the
village, and the balance of the area may be disposed of to others ordinarily resident in the village in the order of priority specified in Rule
10.
(c) Where there are no applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes ordinarily resident in a village or where any
land reserved for them under clause (a) or (b) is available after being granted to applicants belonging to such castes and tribes, the land
reserved for them or the excess land reserved for them, as the case may be, may be granted to other eligible persons ordinarily resident
in the village in the order of priority specified in Rule 10.
(d) Where after meeting the requirements of applicants ordinarily resident in the village under clause (c), any land reserved under clause
(a) or (b), is still available for disposal, such land may be granted to applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
ordinarily resident in neighbouring or nearby villages.
(e) Applicants belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes may be granted lands over and above the fifty per cent of the
available land referred to in clause (b) if lands are available and there are no other applicants.
(f) Where the extent of land available for disposal in a village is more than ten acres, twenty per cent of the available land shall be
reserved for grant to political sufferers, subject to the minimum of ten acres being reserved for grant to applicants belonging to
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
(g) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding clauses, applicants who are displaced holders or displaced tenants who were
cultivating personally the land of which they were deprived by the acquisition, may be granted any available land whether reserved
under any of the preceding clauses or not in preference to all other applicants including applicants belonging to Scheduled Castes,
Scheduled Tribes and applicants who are Political Sufferers.
10. Order of priority and extent of land to be granted.
(1) The lands available for disposal in a village, after reservation of the extent specified in Rule 9 for grant to members of the Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Political Sufferers, may be granted in the order of preference as indicated below.
(i) Displaced holders and displaced tenants ordinarily resident in the village;
(ii) Displaced holders and displaced tenants ordinarily residents in a neighbouring or nearby village; Page | 18
(iii) Educational Institutions;
(iv) Poor and landless persons ordinarily resident in the village;
(v) Ex-Servicemen;
(vi) Insufficient holders ordinarily resident in the village;
(vii) Poor and landless persons ordinarily residing in neighbouring or nearby villages;
(viii) Insufficient holders ordinarily residing in neighbouring or nearby villages.
(2) Subject to provisions of the preceding rules every applicant other than displaced holder or displaced tenant or political sufferer, may
be granted two acres of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels or four acres of other kinds of
wet land or ten acres of dry land. Land in excess of the aforesaid extent may be granted, if more land is available.
11 . Conditions subject to which lands may be granted.
11. Conditions subject to which lands may be granted.
The grant of land under these rules shall be subject for the following conditions.
(1) In the case of grant of lands to applicants belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and to other applicants, who are
unable to pay the occupancy price on account of poverty, the occupancy price may be waived upto rupees two hundred and the balance
recovered in three annual instalments.
(2) In the case of grant of land to applicants who are ex-servicemen the occupancy price shall be waived upto the extent awarded by
Government under Military Concession Rules.
(3) In the case of grant of land free of occupancy price, the grant shall be subject to the condition that the grantee shall pay contribution
or betterment levy in respect of the land and the value of trees standing on the land.
(4) Where the grant is made free of cost, or when the grant is made at a price which is less than the full market value, the grant shall be
subject to the condition that the land shall not be alienated for a period of fifteen years from the date of the grantee taking possession of
the land after the grant:
Government may specify, if the Government is of the opinion that in the circumstances of any case it is just and reasonable to permit such
alienation either for purposes of acquiring some other land or for any other purpose:
Provided further that nothing in this clause shall apply to.
(a) the alienation of any land in favour of the State Government or Co-operative Society as security for loans obtained for improvement of
the land or for buying cattle or agricultural implements for the cultivation of the land, or alienation of any land in favour of the Indian
Coffee Board as security for loans advanced by the Indian Coffee Board under the Coffee Development Plan;
(b) the leasing of any land by a person who is a widow, a minor or who is subject to physical or mental disability or who is a serving
member of the armed forces.
(5) The grantee shall Cultivate the land personally.
(6) The land shall be brought under cultivation within two years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land.
(7) The grant is liable to be terminated and the land resumed, if any of the aforesaid conditions is not fulfilled and on such resumption
the land shall vest in Government free from all encumbrances:
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding rules of this chapter, grant of lands for cultivation of coffee, tea, rubber,
cardamom, pepper and cashewnut may be made to any person:
Provided that while making any such grant preference shall be given to applicants belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes and to other
poor and landless persons and insufficient holders:
Provided further that grant of lands for coffee cultivation shall be on a lease basis in the first instance subject to confirmation after the
grantee obtains a license from the Indian Coffee Board for plan ting coffee on the area so leased within a period of five years from the
date of which lease.
(2) (i) Coffee, Tea and Cardamom cultivation.

An extent upto fifty acres may be granted to an applicant for coffee or tea or cardamom cultivation provided the total holding under
plantation crops of such applicant together with the area to be granted does not exceed one hundred acres;
(ii) Rubber cultivation.
An extent up to twenty-five acres may be granted for cultivation of rubber provided the total holding under plantation crops of such
applicant does not exceed one hundred acres;
(iii) Pepper cultivation.
An extent up to twenty-five acres may be r granted for cultivation of pepper;

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(iv) Cashewnut cultivation.
An extent up to twenty-five acres may be granted for cultivation of cashewnut.
(3) (i) Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 3, the Assistant Commissioner may grant land fit for the cultivation of plantation
crops mentioned above an area not exceeding five acres, provided the market value of such land including the value of trees thereon does
not exceed one thousand rupees;
(ii) Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 3, the Deputy Commissioner may grant land fit for the cultivation of plantation crops
mentioned above an area not exceeding twenty-five acres provided the market value of such land including the value of trees thereon
does not exceed two thousand rupees; where the market value of such land including the value of trees thereon exceeds two thousand
rupees but does not exceed five thousand rupees the. Deputy Commissioner may grant such land with the previous sanction of the
Divisional Commissioner:
Provided that where the extent of land to be granted exceeds twenty-five acres in extent or the value of such land including the value of
the trees thereon exceeds rupees five thousand, previous sanction of Government shall be obtained.
(4) Occupancy Price.
The occupancy price payable in respect of grant of land under this rule shall be the market value of such land.
(5) Conditions of grant.
(i) The land granted shall not be alienated for a period of fifteen years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land:
Government may specify if the Government is of the opinion that in the circumstances of any case, it is just and reasonable to permit such
alienation either for purposes of acquiring some other land or for any other purpose;
(ii) the area granted shall be brought under cultivation within five years from the date of the grantee taking possession of the land;
(iii) the grant is liable to be terminated and the land resumed if the land is appropriated for a purpose other than that for which the land
is granted, or if any of the aforesaid conditions is not fulfilled:
13 . Cancellation of grant.
Any grant of land made under these rules shall be liable to be cancelled and the land resumed to Government by the authority which
granted, is where the grant has been obtained by making false or fraudulent representations:
Provided that no such cancellation shall be made except after giving an opportunity to the grantee to show-cause why the grant should
not be cancelled.
14 . Grant of land to persons to whom the lands have been leased temporarily.
14. Grant of land to persons to whom the lands have been leased temporarily.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the proceeding rules in the case of agricultural land leased by Competent Authority to any person
for purposes of cultivation at any time before the commencement of Land Grant (Madras Area and Bellary District) Rules, 1960, if such
land is available for disposal and if the conditions of the lease have been complied with, the land may be granted to the lessee.
15 . Grant of land discretionary.
Nothing contained in these rules shall be deemed to confer on any person any right to the grant of any land and the authority competent
to make or sanction the grant may pass orders as it deems fit taking all the relevant circumstances into consideration.
16. Powers of Government.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding rules the Government may suo motu or on the recommendation of the Divisional
Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner if it is of the opinion that in the circumstances of any case or classes of cases it is just and
reasonable to relax any of the foregoing provisions of these rules, it may by order direct such relaxation subject to such conditions as may
be specified in the order and thereupon land may be granted in such a case or class of cases in accordance with such direction.
17 . Savings.
17. Savings.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the rules and orders in force in the Madras Area and Bellary District prior to the
commencement of these rules shall continue to apply in respect of lands granted under such rules and orders.
100 FORM I
FORM I
APPENDIX
[See Rule 4, sub-rule (4)]
Register of Applications for the Occupation of Lands in the Taluk of ......... of the ..... District
Serial Date of Name of Whether Particulars of land applied for Date of transmission
No. receipt applicant application to Revenue Inspector Page | 20
Year of and his was or Village Officers for
darkhast residence presented Village Survey Description Extent Assessment report
through No.
Revenue
Inspector
of direct
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Date of Estimated Whether Date of Sale Date of Date of Date of Date of Duration Remarks
receipt value and land has sale proceeds receipt of passing issue of delivery i.e.f interval
of other been sale final Saguvali thereof to between
report particulars ordered to records orders and Chit the grantee Column 2
of malki be disposed nature of and
of by public such Column 19
auction free orders
or for upset
price
(11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
Note.
1. The same form of Register may be adopted for land in each of the several classes of land darkhast, but there should be a separate
Register for each class.
2. Fresh Registers should be opened at the beginning of every year, pending cases of balance being carried forward from the old to the
new register. The file Register Number of the cases should not, however, on this account be changed.
3. When Pakka phod of a part survey number is complete and the same is brought on to the Akarband, an entry to that effect should be
made in red ink in the remarks column of the Darkhast Register at the same time that the particular entry in the supplemental Khetwar
Patrick is struck off.
KARNATAKA LAND GRANT RULES, 1969

2. Definitions.
3 Preparation and publication of list of lands available for disposal.
4 Persons eligible for grant of land for agricultural purposes.
5 Reservations.
5-A Lands disposed of to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in a Taluk to be not less than fifty per cent.
6 Order of Priority.
7 Powers of Revenue Officers to grant lands.
8 Procedure for grant of lands for agricultural purposes.
9 Conditions of grant.
10 Restriction on disposal of land in certain cases.
11 Disposal of tree growth on lands granted.
12 Price payable for the land granted under these rules.
13 Land not already assessed to be assessed before it is disposed of.
14 Grant of salt-marsh lands for reclamation.
15 Grant of lands near Coast.
16 Grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops.
17 Grant of land for Cashewnut cultivation.
17-A Procedure for grant of land for own agricultural purposes.
18 Grant of building sites.
18-A Grant of land for House Site Scheme, etc.
19 Lease of lands.
19-A Lease of Brackish Water Land for acquaculture or prawn cultivation.
20 Grant of land to Housing Board, Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat Co-operative Societies and other Statutory Board.
21 Grant of land to religious and charitable institutions.
22 Grant of land to Industrial concerns.
23 Confirmation of lands to persons to whom the lands have been leased temporarily.
24 Constitution of Consultative Committees.
25 Cancellation of grant.
26 Grant of land discretionary.
27 Powers of the State Government.
28 Grantees of land to execute an agreement.
28-A Grant of land in exchange for land relinquished.
29 Form of permission.
29-A Certain conditions not to apply.
30 Repeal and Savings.
31 Repealed rules not to apply to certain mortgages.
501 FORM I [See Rule 8(1)] Page | 21
502 FORM II [See Rule 8(2)]
503 FORM III [See Rule 19(5)]
504 FORM IV [See Rule 19(5)]
505 FORM V [See Rule 28(i)]
505-A FORM V-A [See Rule 28(1)]
506 FORM VI [See Rule 28(2)]
507 FORM VII [See Rule 29]
508 FORM VIII [See Rule 28-A]
1. Title and commencement.
(1) These rules may be ca l led the Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1969.
Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
2. Definitions.
2. Definitions.
In these rules, unless the context otherwise require.
(1) "Act" means the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964;
(2) "Agriculture" means.
(a) Horticulture; ''
(b) the raising of crops, grass or garden produce;
[(c) dairy farming, poultry farming, the use by an agriculturist of land held by him or a part thereof for the grazing of cattle, but does not
include allied pursuits like breeding of live-stock, grazing (other than pasturage of ones own y agricultural cattle) and such other pursuits
as may be prescribed or the cutting of wood only.] {Clause (c) substituted by GSR 83, dated 28-2-1977, w.e.f. 10-3-1977.}
[(d) aboriculture.] {Clause (d) inserted by GSR 90, dated 19-7-1985, w.e.f. 16-1-1986.}
(3) "Displaced holder" means a person who has been deprived of an agricultural land owned by him by acquisition of such land , under
the Land Acquisition Act;
(4) "Displaced tenant" means a person who has been deprived of agricultural land of which he was a tenant, on account of acquisition of
such land under the Land Acquisition Act;
(5) "Ex-serviceman" means a person who has been permanently returned from the former Karnataka State Forces, the former Hyderabad
State Forces or the former Indian Army or from the Armed Force of the Union;
(6) "Family" in relation to a person means such person, and if married, the wife or husband as the case may be, and the dependant
children and grand children of such person;
(7) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;
(8) "Insufficient holder" means a person who is not a sufficient
(9) "Plantation Crops" means Cardamom, Coffee, Pepper, Rubber and Tea;
(10) "Political Sufferer" means any person who on account of participation in the national movement.
(a) had been sentenced to imprisonment for not less than six months; or
(b) had been kept in detention (including detention as under trial prisoner) for not less than six months; or
(c) lost his job or means of livelihood or the whole or substantial part of his property. and who has domicile in the State of Karnataka for
a period of not less than five years immediately preceding the date on which such person applies for grant of land under these rules.
(11) "Reserved trees" means Teak or Saguvani (technona grandis), black wood or Bite (Dalberigta Latifolia). Myrobolam or gallanut or
Atale (Terminalinehebulal), yhile Cedar or Davangere (Dysoxtlum Malabaricum), Jalari (Shorea Lacorfera), Benteak or Nandi
(Lewrstcoemia Lancellatta), Satin wood or Huragalu (Cloresylon Swietenia), Soapnut or Antawala (Saiondus Emerginatus), Karachi
Kamara (Hardwhickia bin tal), oil tree or Yenne mara (Hdrawickia Pinnata), Hebbhalasu (Artocarpus Hirsula), Ebony or Karimara or
Bate (Disopyrose benum), Iron wood or Jombee (Xylia Xylocarpa), Poon-par, or Sarahonne (Calaphullumelatum), Chittagong wood
(Chickrassia tabularis), Kiralbogi (Hopea Parviflora), Kachu or Kaggali (Acecia catechu), Bore (Ziypus Jujubal Sagade) (Scheleichere
trijuga), Yethega (Venteak), (Aridina cordifolia), Tamarindus (Indica), Karimatti (Termina liattomntosall), Mavu (Mangitera indica),
Kasarka (Stricanos nuxvomica), Alasu (Arta-corpus integrifolio). Bili hatti (Terminalla arjana), Chop (Atlanthus Malberica), Sandal Tree
(Santalum album), and such other trees as the State Government may, by notification, declare to be reserved trees for purposes of
Karnataka Forest Act, 1963 (Karnataka Act 5 of 1964).
(12) "Section" means a section of the Act.
(13) "Soldier" means a person in the service of the Armed Forces of the Union and includes in the case of a soldier who has died while [in
service] {Substituted for the words "engaged in operation for the defence of India" by GSR 15, dated 11-2-1991, w.e.f. 14-2-1991.}, the
father, the mother, the spouse, the child and grand-child who were dependent upon such soldier at the time of his death:
Provided that if a question arises whether any person is soldier or
whether any soldier died while [in service] {Substituted for the words "engaged in operation for the defence of India" by GSR 15, dated
11-2-1991, w.e.f. 14-2-1991.}, such question shall be decided by the State Government and its decision shall be final.
(14) "To cultivate personally" and "Land possessing facilities for assured irrigation" shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in
the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 10 of 1962);
(15) "Sufficient holder" means a person who owns not less than four hectares of garden or wet land possessing facilities for assured Page | 22
irrigation or 8 hectares of dry or rainfed wet land.
Explanation.
If a person owns more than one class of land, the extent owned by him for purposes of this clause shall be determined by converting the
extent of different classes of lands in to the equivalent extent of lands as follows:
One hectare of garden land or one hectare of wet land possessing facilities for assured irrigation shall be deemed to be equivalent to two
hectares of rainfed wet land or dry land.
(16) Words and expressions used in these rules, but not defined shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Karnataka Land Revenue
Act, 1964 and rules thereunder.
3 Preparation and publication of list of lands available for disposal.
3. Preparation and publication of list of lands available for disposal.
(1) For determining the lands available for disposal in any village the Tahsildar of the taluk shall prepare a list of lands which have been
or have to be assigned for special purposes under [Section 71 of the Act and the lands which have been classified as belonging to
Categories C and D by the Department of Agriculture] {Substituted for the words and figures "Section 71 of the Act" by GSR 424, dated
22-12-1971, w.e.f. 30-12-1971.} and the lands which have been classified as belonging to categories C and D by the Department of
Agriculture. [Unoccupied lands other than lands classified as belonging to Categories C and D by the Department of Agriculture]
{Substituted for the words "Unoccupied lands" by GSR 424, dated 22-12-1971, w.e.f. 30-12-1971.} other than lands classified as
belonging to categories C and D by the Department of Agriculture fit for cultivation remaining after reserving Sufficient extent for the
aforesaid special purposes, shall be included in the list of lands available for disposal.
(2) Such lists in so far as they relate to all the villages in a taluk shall be notified in the Taluk Office and so far as they relate to each village
shall be notified in the Chavadi of the Village and the Office of the [Grama Panchayat] {Substituted for the words "Village Panchayat" by
Notification No. RP 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-1999, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.}. The list relating to each village shall be available for inspection with
the concerned Village Accountant.
(3) Every list shall be prepared, revised and brought up-to-date each year and Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and"
omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
4 Persons eligible for grant of land for agricultural purposes.
4. Persons eligible for grant of land for agricultural purposes.
(1) Lands available for disposal may be granted for agricultural purposes under these rules to a person.
(i) who has attained the age of eighteen; and
[(ii) whose gross annual income does not exceed rupees eight thousand; and] {Item (ii) of sub-rule (l) substituted by GSR 314, dated 10-
12-1987, w.e.f. 11-12-1987.}
(iii) who is either a bona fide agriculturist cultivating the land personally or has bona fide intention to take up personal cultivation; and
(iv) who is not a sufficient holder:
[Provided that in the case of Ex- servicemen and Soldiers, lands may be granted, if the gross annual income of the applicant [exceed
rupees eight thousand but less than [rupees twenty thousand:] {Substituted for the words "rupees twelve thousand" by GSR 985, dated
31-8-1991, w.e.f. 2-9-1991.}]{Substituted for the words "does not exceed rupees five thousand" by GSR 314, dated 10-12-1987, w.e.f. 11-
12-1987.}
Provided further that the extent of land granted to any person shall not together with the land already held by such person exceed the
limits prescribed for a sufficient holder in Rule 2(15).]{Provisos to sub-rule (1) substituted by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f. 12-11-
1970.}
(2) Notwithstanding. anything contained in sub-rule (1) any person may be granted the land adjacent or close to the land already held by
him on collection of market value as on the date of grant to be determined by the authority granting the land, if such land is, in the
opinion of such authority required for better enjoyment or better cultivation of the land so held:
Provided that no such grant shall be made of an extent exceeding in the case of wet or garden land half hectare and in the case of dry land
one hectare and that the total extent of land held after such grant does not exceed the ceiling area according to the Karnataka Land
Reforms Act, 1961.
5 Reservations.
5. Reservations.
(1) The land available for disposal in any village shall be granted observing the reservations indicated below.
(i) Ex-servicemen and Soldiers 10 per cent
Persons belonging to Scheduled Gastes and
(ii) 50 per cent
Scheduled Tribes
5 per cent] {Item (ii-a) inserted by GSR 365, dated 5-12-1977, w.e.f. 7-12-
[(ii-a) Backward Tribes
1977.}
(iii) Political sufferers 10 per cent
[25 per cent] {Substituted for the figures and words "30 per cent" by GSR
(iv) Others
365, dated 5-12-1977, w.e.f. 7-12-1977.}
(2) Where the extent reserved under (ii) and (iii) is in excess of the extent that can be granted to the persons belonging to those
categories, the excess land shall with the approval of the Deputy Commissioner be disposed of among persons in category (iv).
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[Explanation.
"Backward Tribes" means the Backward Tribes, as mentioned in the list appended to the Government Order No. SWL 12 TBS 77, dated
22nd February, 1977.] {Explanation to sub-rule (2) inserted by GSR 365, dated 5-12-1977, w.e.f. 7-12-1977.}
(3) Notwithstanding anything in sub-rule (1), where the land available for disposal in village is less than four hectares, the whole of such
land shall be disposed of to persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes who are ordinarily residents of such village
or who reside in the neighbouring village and where no persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Tribes apply it shall be disposed of to
others.
5-A Lands disposed of to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in a Taluk to be not less than fifty per cent.
5-A. Lands disposed of to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in a Taluk to be not less than fifty per cent.
Where, in any taluk, ene total extent of lands disposed of from the date of commencement of these rules till the date of commencement of
the Karnataka Land Grant (Amendment) Rules, 1979, to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes is less than fifty per
cent of the lands which were available for disposal in the taluk during that period then until such disposal reaches such percentage for
the taluk, the percentage of reservation of lands in each village in the taluk shall be [five per cent for the purpose of item (i) of sub-rule
(1) of Rule 5 in respect of ex-servicemen and soldiers, seventy-five per cent for the purpose of item (ii) of the said sub-rule in respect of
persons belonging to Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes, five per cent for the purpose of item (iii) of the said sub-rule in respect of
political sufferers and ten per cent for the purpose of item (iv) of the said sub-rule in respect of others.] {Substituted for the words,
brackets and figures "sixty per cent for the purpose of item (ii) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5 in respect of persons belonging to Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes and fifteen per cent for the purpose of item (iv) of the said sub-rule in respect of others" by GSR 152, dated
5-9-1991}
6 Order of Priority.
6. Order of Priority.
In disposing of land among persons belonging to Category (iv) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 5, the following order of priority shall be observed.
(i) landless persons residing in the village;
(ii) insufficient holders residing in the village;
(iii) landless persons residing in other villages in the same or adjacent taluk;
(iv) others:
Provided that when Government directs under Section 71 of the Act that in any particular area Government land shall be reserved for
grant to displaced persons and tenants affected by any Government [x x x x x] {The word "Irrigation" omitted by GSR 382, dated 7-11-
1970, w.e.f. 12-11-1970.} Project, provisions of Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-
1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
7 Powers of Revenue Officers to grant lands.
7. Powers of Revenue Officers to grant lands.
(1) The following Revenue Officers shall be competent to grant land for agricultural purposes other than cultivation of plantation crops
to the extent noted against each.
(i) Tahsildar in charge of a Taluk.
Up to two hectares of dry land or one hectare of wet land or garden land;
(ii) Assistant Commissioner in-charge of the Revenue Sub- Division or any Assistant Commissioner in a District to whom the powers of
the Deputy Commissioner to grant lands are delegated.
Up to four hectares of dry land or two hectares of wet or garden . land;
(iii) Deputy Commissioner of a District.
Not exceeding six hectares of dry land or three hectares of wet or garden land; ;
(iv) Divisional Commissioner.
Exceeding six hectares of dry land or three hectares of wet or garden land but not exceeding ten hectares of dry land or five hectares of
wet or garden land;
(v) In any other case in excess of the extent specified in sub-clause (iv), the proposals shall be submitted to Government for sanction.
[(l-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), where Special Assistant Commissioners for grant of land under these rules are
appointed, the Revenue Officers specified in items (i) and (ii) of sub- rule (1) shall not be competent to grant land and the said Special
Assistant Commissioners shall, within their jurisdiction, be competent to grant land for the purpose specified in sub-rule (1) upto four
hectares of dry land or two hectares of wet or garden land.] {Sub-rule (1-A) inserted by GSR 223, dated 14-7-1971, w.e.f. 22-7-1971.}
(2) For the purpose of cultivation of plantation crops, the Deputy Commissioner of a district may grant lands upto an extent of 10
hectares and the Divisional Commissioner may grant lands upto an extent of fifteen hectares. In all other cases the proposals have to be
submitted to Government for sanction.
(3) For non-agricultural purposes other than building sites the following Revenue Officers may subject to the provisions of Rule 10(3)
grant lands to the extent noted against each on collection of market value which should include conversion fine also to be determined by
them.
(i) Deputy Commissioner.
Up to an extent of four hectares;

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(ii) Divisional Commissioner.
Exceeding four hectares but not exceeding 8 hectares;
(iii) In any other case in excess of the extent specified in sub-clause (ii) the proposals shall be submitted to Government for sanction.
8 Procedure for grant of lands for agricultural purposes.
8. Procedure for grant of lands for agricultural purposes.
(1) Any person who under these rules is eligible for grant of lands for agricultural purposes shall make an application in writing to the
Tahsildar of the taluk in Form l giving the following particulars.
(i) name, age and address of [the applicant and his wife] {Substituted for the words "the applicant" by Notification No. RD 68 LGP 87,
dated 17-12-1999, w.e.f. 18-12-1999.};
(ii) the extent and particulars of the land asked for namely, survey number, village, taluk, sub-division in which the land is situated;
(iii) the extent and details of the land if any already owned or held by him or by any member of his family;
(iv) whether he belongs to the scheduled caste or the Scheduled Tribe or is a displaced person, displaced holder, displaced tenant, an ex-
serviceman, soldier or political sufferer;
(v) whether he or any member of his family had previously applied for land, if so, the particulars of the endorsement received thereon;
(vii) the particulars of any land previously granted to him or any member of his family.
(2) Immediately on receipt of such application, the Tahsildar shall cause the particulars of the application to be entered in a register
which shall be in Form 11 kept in his office.
(3) The Tahsildar shall after the last day of September of each year scrutinise the applications received and classify them according to the
priorities specified in Rule 6. Applications received after 30th November, 1969 (for the year 1969) and after 30th September
(subsequent years) shall be scrutinised and classified by the Tahsildar once a month.
(4) Thereafter, the Tahsildar shall make such enquiry as he thinks fit and if satisfied that the applicant is eligible under these rules for the
grant of land applied tor he may, subject to the provisions of Rules [5, 6, 7 and 24] {Substituted for the figures and word "5, 6 and T by
GSR 297, dated 31-8-1972, w.e.f. 1-9-1972.} pass an order granting the land:
[Provided that such an order may be passed in the joint name of the applicant and his wife, where the Tahsildar is satisfied that the wife
is living with the applicant and she fulfills the requirement as to eligibility and other conditions referred to under these rules for the
grant of land.] {Proviso inserted by Notification No. RD 68 LGP 87, dated 17-12-1999, w.e.f. 18-12-1999.}
(5) Where the land applied for is not available for grant or the Tahsildar is satisfied that the applicant is not eligible for grant, he may
reject the application and inform the applicant accordingly.
(6) [Where the Tahsildar is not competent to grant land under these rules or where the extent of land applied for is more than the extent
of land which he is competent to grant] {Substituted for the words "Where the extent of land applied for is more than the extent of land
which the Tahsildar is competent to grant" by GSR 223, dated 14-7-1971, w.e.f. 22-7-1971} he shall submit the application to the Officer
who is competent under these rules to grant such extent of land along with the report in the matter and such competent officer may pass
orders granting the land.
(7) The Tahsildar shall record a certificate whenever the grant of land is taken up to the effect that the reservations specified in Rule 5
have been observed.
9 Conditions of grant.
9. Conditions of grant.
(1) The grant of lands under these rules [for agricultural purposes] {Inserted by GSR 300, dated 1-9-1972, w.e.f. 7-9-1972} shall be
subject to the following conditions namely.
(i) the grantee shall not alienate the land for a period of fifteen years from the date of taking possession:
Provided that he may, after a period of five years, with the previous permission of, and subject to [the provisions of the Karnataka
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibhition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 2 of 1979), and] {Inserted
by GSR 169, dated 26-8-1993, w.e.f. 6-9-1993.} such conditions as may be specified by the Deputy Commissioner, alienate the whole or
any portion of such land. But however, the Deputy Commissioner shall not grant such permission unless he is satisfied that the alienation
is for the purpose of acquiring other land or for improving the remaining land and the grantee credits to Government an amount equal to
fifty per cent of the market value of such land as on the date of sanction of such alienation as determined by the Deputy Commissioner:
Provided that no person who has obtained permission to alienate land under the rule shall, notwithstanding the provisions of Rule 4 be
eligible for grant of any Government Land.
(ii) the land granted shall be brought under cultivation within three years from the date of taking possession:
Provided that the Deputy Commissioner, may, if he is satisfied that the grantee could not do so for bona fide reasons extend the aforesaid
period upto 5 years;
(iii) the grantee shall cultivate the land personally;
[(iii-a) where the land is granted for coffee cultivation the grantee shall apply within the period specified in Section 14 of the Coffee Act,
1942 (Central Act 7 of 1945) to the Registering Officer appointed under the said section to be registered as an owner of such land;]
{Clause (iii-a) inserted by GSR 93, dated 6-3-1975, w.e.f. 3-4-1975.}
(iv) the land shall not be appropriated for any purpose other than that for which it was granted, except with the prior approval of the
Granting Authority who may grant such permission subject to such conditions as he may consider proper and subject to payment of
additional upset price as he may consider fit provided the conversion is for a non-agricultural purpose and the price is within the
maximum specified in Rule 12; Page | 25
[(iv-a) the grantee shall within a period of one year from the date of his taking possession of the granted land plant and maintain not less
than one tree per every 10 (ten) acres of land or ten trees per hectare of land, at his cost.
In case the tree/trees planted were to die or get damaged due to causes beyond his control, he shall replant in its place another
tree/trees and rear them;] {Clause (iv) inserted by GSR 162, dated 20-5-1977, w.e.f. 2-6-1977.}
(v) for contravention of any of the above conditions the grant shall be liable to be cancelled and resumed to Government free from all
encumbrances by the authority granting the land:
Provided that before cancelling the grant, the grantee is afforded with an opportunity of being heard. Provided further that where the
grant has been cancelled for non-payment of upset price, the Deputy Commissioner may restore the grant on payment of upset price with
a penalty of 10 per cent of the upset price, within a period of 2 years after the grant if the land in question has not been disposed of
otherwise.
(2) The following shall not be regarded as alienation for purposes of sub-rule (1).
(a) mortgage of the land in favour of State Government or a Co-operative Society or the Indian Coffee Board or a Scheduled Bank [or the
Agricultural Refinancing Corporation or the Karnataka State Agro Industries Corporation] {Inserted by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f.
12-11-1970.} for loans obtained for improvement of such land or for buying cattle or agricultural implements for the cultivation of such
land; and
(b) leasing of the land in accordance with the provisions of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961.
[(3) The grant of lands other than building sites under these rules, for non-agricultural purposes shall be subject to the following
conditions, namely.
(i) the land shall be utilised for the purpose for which it was granted within two years from the date of taking possession:
Provided that the authority granting the land may, if satisfied, that the grantee could not for bona fide reasons utilise the land within the
said period, by order, in writing, extend the time for a further period not exceeding two years;
(ii) the land shall not be appropriated for any purpose other than that for which it was granted except with the prior approval of the
Granting Authority who may grant such permission subject to such conditions as he may consider proper and fit;
(iii) for contravention of any of the above conditions, the grant shall be liable to be cancelled and resumed by the Granting Authority, free
from all encumbrances and without payment of any compensation.] {Sub-rule (3) inserted by GSR 300, dated 1-9-1972, w.e.f. 7-9-1972.}
10 Restriction on disposal of land in certain cases.
10. Restriction on disposal of land in certain cases.
(1) No land with more than fifty reserved trees in a hectare shall be disposed of for cultivation except under the orders of the Deputy
Commissioner.
[(2) No land.
(i) within the municipal limits of the City of Bangalore and in any village situated within a radius of sixteen kilometres from the municipal
limits of the City of Bangalore:
[Provided that the Deputy Commissioner may, if satisfied that any such land is not required for a public purpose grant such land for
agricultural purposes;] {Proviso to clause (i) inserted by GSR 288, dated 18-9-1978, w.e.f. 19-9-1978.} or
(ii) within the municipal limits of cities of Mysore, Davangere, Man-galore, Hubli-Dharwar, [Belgaum] {Inserted by GSR 357, dated 24-11-
1978, w.e.f. 30-11-1978.}, Kolar Gold Fields area and Bagalkote Town in any village situated within a radius of seven kilometres from the
municipal limits of the said places; or
(iii) within the municipal limits of District Headquarters and towns of Gadag-Betegeri and Dandeli and in any village situated within a
radius of five kilometres from the municipal or town limits of the said places; or
(iv) within the municipal limits of Taluk Headquarters and towns connected by railway and in any village situated within a radius of
three kilometres from the municipal or town limits of the said places; or
(v) within the limits of other municipalities, other Taluk Headquarters and Town Panchayats and in any village situated within a radius
of one and a half kilometre from the said places, shall be granted under these rules for the purpose of agriculture.
Explanation.
For the purpose of this sub-rule, if the headquarters, gramathana or chavadi of a village is within the radius specified in this sub-rule, the
whole of such village shall be deemed to be within the radius specified in this sub-rule;
(vi) One mile from the municipal limits of other Taluk Headquarters, towns and other Municipal and Panchayat town;
shall be granted under these rules for the purpose of agriculture:] {Sub-rule (2) substituted by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f. 12-11-
1970.}
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in Rules 7(3) and 18, lands within the radius specified in sub-rule (2) shall not be granted for
non-agricultural purposes without the previous approval of the State Government:
[Provided that such approval shall not be necessary for grant of building sites within the radius specified in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of
sub-rule (2) excluding the municipal limits of District Headquarters:] {First Proviso to sub-rule (3) inserted by GSR 41, dated 17-1-1972,
w.e.f. 27-1-1972.}
[Provided that such approval shall not be necessary for grant of building sites within the radius specified in clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of
sub-rule (2) excluding the Municipal limits of District Head Quarters.] {Second Proviso to sub-rule (3) inserted by GSR 180, dated 11-10-
1994, w.e.f. 15-11-1994.}
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11. Disposal of tree growth on lands granted.
(1) The value of all trees standing on the land granted under these rules shall be assessed by the authorities of the Forest Department.
[(2) Where the value of trees so assessed is not more than rupees twenty-five thousand in case of lands granted for the cultivation of
plantation crops and is not more than rupees five thousand in case of other lands, the grantee should be given the option of paying that
estimated price within a time to be stipulated by the granting authority and the trees sold to him. If he once agrees to pay the value of
trees the default should occasion cancellation. If the grantee is not willing to pay the value of trees assessed by the Forest Department,
the trees shall be disposed so by the authorities of the Forest Department by tender-cum-auction sale.
[(3) Where the value of trees so assessed is more than Rupees Twenty-five thousand in case of land granted for the cultivation of
Plantation Crops and is more than Rupees Five thousand in case of other Lands the Trees shall be removed by the authorities of the
Forests Department within One Year from the .date of the grant of land:] {Sub-rules (2) and (3) substituted by GSR 10, dated 30-12-1986,
w.e.f. 6-1-1987}
Provided that the Divisional Commissioner may, on the recommendation of the Divisional Forest Officer having jurisdiction over the area
in which such land is situate, extend the period by one more year, and, in exceptional circumstances, by such further period as to coincide
with the end of one more working season.
(4) If within the aforesaid period, such trees are not so removed, the trees may be sold to the grantee of the land on payment of the value
of such trees as assessed by the authorities of the Forest Department with reference to the prevailing market rate.
(4-A) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (4) in cases where trees standing on the land granted are required by these rules, to be
removed by the authorities of the Forest Department, possession of the land shall not be given until such trees are removed by the
authorities of the Forest Department:] {Sub-rules (3), (4) and (4-A) substituted for sub-rules (3) and (4) by GSR 323, dated 12-10-1971,
w.e.f. 21-10-1971}
(5) Where the grantee desires that any fruit yielding trees like 'Mavu', 'Halsu', 'Nerale', 'Hunse', 'Neli', 'Seethaphal', 'Cashew' and any
manural trees like 'Honge', 'Seemethangadi', 'Basavanapada' and 'Glyricidia' standing on such land be granted to him, such trees shall not
be extracted or disposed of by the authorities of the Forest Department, if the grantee pays the value of such tree or trees assessed by the
authorities of the Forest Department.
12 Price payable for the land granted under these rules.
12. Price payable for the land granted under these rules.
(1) In respect of lands granted under these rules for purpose of agriculture.
(i) the price payable for dry land and rainfed wet land shall be, not less than fifty times and not more than two hundred times the land
revenue payable on such land;
(ii) the price payable for garden lands or wet lands with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or channels shall ordinarily be not less
than rupees five hundred and not more than two thousand five hundred rupees per hectare.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), where the land is very valuable, the Deputy Commissioner or the other Officer
authorised by him in this behalf may sell such land by public auction.
(3) The price payable in respect of lands granted for cultivation of plantation crops shall be the market value of such land to be
determined by the Deputy Commissioner subject to a minimum of one thousand two hundred and fifty rupees per hectare:
Provided that where the market value is lower than the minimum prescribed in Rules 1(1) and (3), it shall be competent to the granting
authority to grant the land on collection of market value:
[Provided further that in respect of lands granted [for coffee, tea, cardamom or rubber cultivation] {Substituted for the words "for coffee
cultivation" by GSR 294, dated 31-8-1976, w.e.f. 9-9-1976.} to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, who are
members of a Co-operative Society which grants loan to its members, for cultivation of plantation crops, the price payable for such land
shall be recovered at the time the lands are confirmed in their favour:] {Second proviso inserted by GSR 424, dated 22-12-1971, w.e.f. 30-
12-1971.}
[Provided further that where a person who owns [coffee, tea, cardamom or rubber lands] {Substituted for the words "coffee lands" by
GSR 294, dated 31-8-1976, w.e.f. 9-9-1976.} not exceeding ten acres in extent or a person who does not own any lands applies for lands
[for growing coffee, tea, cardamom or rubber] {Substituted for the words "for growing coffee" by GSR 294, dated 31-8-1976, w.e.f. 9-9-
1976.} he may be granted lands upto five acres or an extent required to make up ten acres whichever is less, at half the rate payable
under this sub-rule.] {Third proviso inserted by GSR 12, dated 28-12-1971, w.e.f. 6-1-1972.}
[(3-A) In respect of the lands granted for cultivation of plantation crops, if the Deputy Commissioner is satisfied that the grantee is unable
to pay in a lumpsum the price of the lands granted, he may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, permit the grantee to pay the value of
such land in three equal annual instalments. The first instalment shall be recovered before the grantee is given possession of the land.] {
Sub-rule (3-A) inserted by GSR 243, dated 14/15-9-1973, w.e.f. 20-9-1973.}
[(3-B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3) of this rule, the price payable in respect of lands granted for coffee cultivation
to the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall be Rs. 250/- (rupees two hundred and fifty only) per
hectare.] { Sub-rule (3-B) inserted by GSR 257, dated 22-11-1982, w.e.f. 16-12-1982.}
(4) The authority granting the land may waive upto seventy-five per cent the upset price subject to a maximum of rupees five hundred
payable under sub-rule (1) in respect of lands granted to persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and to persons
who are unable to pay the price on account of poverty, and direct that the balance be recovered in three annual instalments. But the
Deputy Commissioner may waive the entire price payable if the amount does not exceed rupees five hundred:
[Provided that the authority granting the land shall waive in full the upset price under sub-rule (1) in respect of.
(i) dry lands granted to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes; and
(ii) wet lands granted to persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
Explanation.
In this proviso Backward classes are those mentioned as Backward Classes in the order made by the State Government from time to time
under clause (4) of Article 15 of the Constitution.] { Proviso and Explanation substituted for the proviso and the Explanation by GSR 265, Page | 27
dated 8-9-1980, w.e.f. 11-9-1980.}
[(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1) of this rule, no price shall be payable in respect of lands granted to [Ex-
servicemen, soldiers and political sufferers] {Substituted for the words "Ex-servicemen and soldiers" by GSR 381, dated 12-12-1977,
w.e.f. 22-12-1977.} upto 3.2 hectares of dry land or 1.6 hectares of garden land or wet land with assured irrigation facilities from tanks or
channels.] {Sub-rule (5) inserted by GSR 206, dated 2-5-1972, w.e.f. 25-5-1972.}
13 Land not already assessed to be assessed before it is disposed of.
13. Land not already assessed to be assessed before it is disposed of.
[(1) Where any land to be disposed of under these rules has not been assessed, it shall be assessed in accordance with the provisions
applicable to assessment of land. The land should be surveyed and demarcated and boundaries fixed before possession is given to the
grantee. [x x x x x.] { The words "The charges incurred for such survey and demarcation shall be recovered from the grantee" omitted by
GSR 6, dated 26-12-1977, w.e.f. 2-1-1978.}
[(2) A fee of Rs. 25 shall be recovered from the grantees towards charges incurred for survey and demarcation:
Provided that in the case of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes , Scheduled Tribes and Weaker Sections, no fee shall be recovered
towards charges incurred for survey and demarcation.] {Sub-rule (2) inserted by GSR 6, dated 26-12-1977, w.e.f. 2-1-1978.}
Note.
Weaker sections means, persons whose annual income from all sources does not exceed Rs. 2,400.] {Rule 13 renumbered as sub-rule (1)
thereof by GSR 6, dated Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
14 Grant of salt-marsh lands for reclamation.
14. Grant of salt-marsh lands for reclamation.
Salt land or land occasionally overflowed by salt water which is not required or likely to be required for salt manufacture, be leased for
purpose of reclamation by the Deputy Commissioner, on the following terms.
(a) free of rent for the first ten years;
(b) on payment of rent at the rate of two rupees per hectare for the next twenty years on the total area so leased whether re-claimed or
not;
(c) after the expiry of thirty years, the lease may be continued in the case of reclaimed lands at the rate at which they would be assessed
to land revenue from time to time if they were subject to survey settlement; and in the case of un-reclaimed lands, if any, at the average
rate for reclaimed lands;
(d) no rent shall be levied for any portion used for the public roads;
(e) if the reclamation is not carried on with due diligence within two years from the date of lease or if half the area is not reclaimed so as
to be in a state fit for use for agricultural purpose at the end of ten years, or any land once reclaimed as aforesaid is not maintained in a
state fit for use for agricultural purposes the lease shall be liable to cancellation at the discretion of the Deputy Commissioner:
Provided that the lessee shall have, during the first ten years, the right to relinquish any area which he cannot reclaim;
(f) If the land reclaimed is used for any non-agricultural purpose, the rent shall be liable to be revised in accordance with these rules even
though the periods specified above have not expired.
15 Grant of lands near Coast.
15. Grant of lands near Coast.
(1) No lands near the sea coast within [five hundred metres] {Substituted for the words "two hundred metres" by GSR 99, dated 11-5-
1993, w.e.f 20-5-1993 of the high watermark of the sea which is the property of the State Government shall be granted except as
hereinafter specified.
(2) The Deputy Commissioner shall permit casurina, palm trees and coconut plantations to be raised in lands [one hundred metres]
.}{Substituted for the words "hundred yards" by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f. 12-11 1970.} above the high watermark of the localities
which are not less than [half a kilometre] {Substituted for the words "half a mile" by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f. 12-11-1970} from
the nearest villages subject to levy of full assessment in the area from the year in which licence is issued. The assignment of such lands
shall be made with the previous permission of the Divisional Commissioner.
(3) The Deputy Commissioner may also in consultation with the Director of Fisheries and Port Officers, assign lands near the coast for the
erection of fish oil and fish guano factories or on lease renewable annually to fishermen for erecting temporary dwelling. No grant shall
be made unless the applicant ha£ previously obtained a licence from the Competent Authority for the establishment Levy and Recovery
of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
16 Grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops.

(1) The grant of land for cultivation of plantation crops may be made to any person subject to the condition that the total holding under
plantation crops of such person together with the area to be granted shall not exceed fifty hectares:
Provided that.
(i) the extent of land granted for cardamom, coffee, tea and rubber cultivation shall not in the first instance exceed ten hectares;
(ii) the extent of land granted for pepper cultivation shall not in the first instance exceed five hectares:
Provided further the grant of lands under this rule is subject to the provisions of Rules 7 and 9.
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(3) In respect of lands required for coffee cultivation, the Indian Coffee Board shall be consulted as to the fitness or otherwise of the lands
for cultivation of coffee. If the Coffee Board is of the opinion that prima facie the land is fit for cultivation, the competent Officer may
dispose of the application on merits. If the Coffee Board is not of such opinion, the application shall be Levy and Recovery of Fees {The
words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
17 Grant of land for Cashewnut cultivation.
17. Grant of land for Cashewnut cultivation.
An extent of land not exceeding five hectares may be granted on collection of market value by the authority competent to grant lands
under Rule 7 for cultivation of cashewnut subject to the condition that the total holding under cashew cultivation of such applicant does
not exceed ten hectares:
Provided that the extent of land granted shall not together with the land already held by the grantee exceed the ceiling area specified in
the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961.
17-A Procedure for grant of land for own agricultural purposes.
[17-A. Procedure for grant of land for own agricultural purposes.
(1)
Any person desiring the grant of land for any non- agricultural purposes shall make an application to the Tahsildar of the taluk in which
the land is situated furnishing the following particulars.
(i) name, age (if the applicant is an individual) and ad dress;
(ii) the extent and particulars of land applied for, namely, survey number, village, taluk and sub-division in which the land is situated;
(iii) if the applicant is an individual, whether he or any member of his family had previously applied for the said land, if so, the particulars
of such application;
(iv) the particulars of any land previously granted;
(v) if the applicant is an individual, the particulars of any land previously granted to any member of his family;
(vi) the purpose for which the land is required.
(2) On receipt of such application, the Tahsildar shall cause the particulars of the application to be entered in a register to be kept for the
purpose. The Tahsildar shall make such enquiry as he thinks fit with a view to satisfy himself that the applicant has bona fide intention of
using the land for the purpose for which it has been applied for. If the land applied for is available for grant, the Tahsildar shall submit a
report to the Deputy Commissioner along with the application and the connected records.] {Rule 17-A inserted by GSR 147, dated 9-5-
1973, w.e.f. 14-6-1973.}
18 Grant of building sites.
18. Grant of building sites.
(1) The Deputy Commissioner may grant building sites after reserving 18 per cent of the sites available for the members of the Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes where necessary subject to all or any of the following conditions, on payment of such price as he may fix
which shall not except in specially deserving cases be less than the market value of such site:
Provided that no site shall be granted to a person who owns a home or a site within the village, town or city concerned [or who has been]
{Substituted for the words "and who has been" by GSR 323. dated 12-10-1971.. w.e.f 21-10-1971.} granted a site by any authority during
the last twenty years.
(a) the site shall not be tenanted for a period of five years from the date on which the grantee takes possession of the site. If the grantee
desires to alienate the site after five years and within a period of fifteen years, previous sanction of the Deputy Commissioner shall be
obtained. The Deputy Commissioner may sanction such alienation, after recovery of the amount equal to fifty per cent of the market
value of such site on the date of sanction:
Provided that mortgage of the site in favour of [the State Government or] {Inserted by GSR 281, dated 4-8-1972. w.e.f. 17-8-1972.} the
Karnataka Housing Board or a House Building Co-operative Society or a Scheduled Bank or Life Insurance Corporation of India for
obtaining loan for construction of building or improvement of building shall not be regarded as a Iteration for the purpose of this rule;
(b) the grantee shall not use the site for any purpose other than that for which it is granted;
[(bb) the grantee shall utilise the site for the purpose for which it was granted within two years from the date of taking possession:
Provided that the authority granting the site may, if satisfied, that the grantee not for bona fide reason utilise the site within the said
period, by order, in writing, extend the time for a further period not exceeding two yeas;] {Clause (bb) and the proviso inserted by GSR
300, dated 1-9-1972, w.e.f. 7-9-1972.}
(c) the utilisation of the grant shall be subject to any law relating to the Local Authority having jurisdiction over the area in which the site
is situated;
(d) contravention of any of the aforesaid conditions shall render the building site liable to resumption at the discretion of the Deputy
Commissioner without payment of any compensation to the grantee.
(2) Where a building site cannot with advantage be granted as an independent, site, the adjoining holder, if he so desires, may be granted
such site at such value as the Deputy Commissioner may determine.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Deputy Commissioner, may grant sites on payment of upset price fixed by him
for any educational or charitable institution or to a public authority and free of charge to persons belonging to [Scheduled Castes or
Scheduled Tribes or to a siteless person of the village whose annual income including that of his family, does not exceed [rupees eight
thousand and four hundred.] {Substituted for the words "rupees two thousand" by GSR 42, dated 28-2-1992 and shall be deemed to have
been Substituted w.e.f. 1-11-1991.}] {Substituted for the words "Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes" by GSR 136, dated 13-8-1991.} Page | 29
(4) When a building site is reserved for a specific purpose, the Deputy Commissioner may lease such site temporarily, for a period not
exceeding twelve months, subject to recovery of rent to be fixed by him having regard to the circumstances and the purpose in each case.
[(5) A building site to be granted under this rule shall not exceed [five ares.] {Substituted for the words "five acres" by GSR 180, dated 11-
10-1994, w.e.f. 15-11-1994.}] {Sub-rule (5) Substituted by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f. 12-11-1970.}
(6) Notwithstanding anything stated in this rule or in the Government Notification No. RD 26 GNA 69, dated 21st June, 1969, it shall be
competent for the Tahsildar of a Taluk to grant building sites not exceeding [two ares] {Substituted for the words "two acres" by GSR
180, dated 11-10-1994, w.e.f. 15-11-1994} within the limits of any [Grama Panchayat] {Substituted for the words "Village Panchayat" by
Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.} in the taluk and not exceeding [one are] {Substituted for the words
"one acre" by GSR 180, dated 11-10-1994, w.e.f. 15-11-1994.} in Town Panchayat limits, to poor residents without the Panchayat limits
who do not own any house or a building site:
[Provided that in such areas as the State Government may, by notification specify, the Officers specified in such notification shall be and
the Tahsildar of the taluks shall not be competent within their respective jurisdiction to grant building sites to the extent and subject to
the conditions specified in this sub-rule.] {Proviso to sub-rule (6) inserted by GSR 247, dated 15-6-1972, w.e.f. 29-6-1972.}
18-A Grant of land for House Site Scheme, etc.
[18-A. Grant of land for House Site Scheme, etc.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules.
(i) the Deputy Commissioner may make available the land belonging to the State Government for the purpose of grant of house sites to
siteless persons under any scheme as may be framed by the Government from time to time;
(ii) committee, if any, constituted under such scheme shall subject to the general or special orders of the Government in the concerned
Department select the beneficiaries under the relevant scheme and send the list of selected beneficiaries to the Tahsildar; and
(iii) the Tahsildar or any other officer specified by the Government shall on receipt of such list of selected beneficiaries grant house sites
to the beneficiaries and also issue grant certificate in such manner and subject to such restrictions and conditions as may be specified by
the concerned Department of the Government from time to time.] {Rule 18-A inserted by Notification No. RD 89 LGP 99, dated 9-2-2000,
w.e.f. 9-2-2000.}
19 Lease of lands.
19. Lease of lands.
(1) The Deputy Commissioner may, subject to availability, lease lands to.
(a) Educational Institutions;
(b) Co-operative Farming Societies;
(c) [Grama Panchayats, Taluk Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats] {Substituted for the words "Village Panchayats and Taluk Development
Boards" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.}; and
(d) Any Company or Association for purposes of agriculture, industry, or any public utility.
(2)(a) The extent of land to be leased in favour of the Educational Institutions such as Schools, Colleges, Training Institutions for social
welfare workers and students (other than the Government Schools, Colleges and Hostels) recognised by the Director of Public Instruction
or any other authority for cultivation by the students of the institution hectares in each case;
(b) the extent of land that may be leased in favour of the Co-operative Fanning Societies registered under the Karnataka Co-operative
Societies Act, 1959 (Karnataka Act II of 1959), for cultivation, shall be determined by the Deputy Commissioner with reference to the
number of members of the Society on the basis of two hectares per each member of the Society;
(c) the extent of land that may be leased in favour of a [Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or a Zilla Panchayat] {Substiiuted for the
words "Village Panchayats or a Taluk Development Board" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99 dated 22-1- 2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.} raising
vegetable gardens and fruit trees, and Farm Forestry shall not exceed five hectares of wet land or ten hectares of dry land;
(d) the extent of land that may be leased to any [x x x x x] {The word "individual" omitted by GSR 147, dated 9-5-1973, w.e.f. 14-6-1973.}
Company or Association for non-agricultural purposes, shall not exceed four hectares;
[(d-i) the extent of land that may be leased to any individual shall not together with any land already held by him exceed the limits
prescribed for a sufficient holder in Rule 2(15);] {Clause (d-i) inserted by GSR 147, dated 9-5-1973, w.e.f. 14-6-1973.}
(e) In any other case in excess of the extent specified above the proposal shall be submitted to the Government for sanction.
(3) The period for which lands may be leased under this rule shall not.
(a) except with the previous sanction of the State Government, be more than five years, in the case of an individual company or
association; and
(b) be less than ten years and more than thirty years, in other cases:
Provided that the Deputy Commissioner shall be competent to renew the lease af ter the expiry of this period for a further period of five
years.
(4) (a) Lease of lands under sub-rule (1) for agricultural purposes shall be subject to the following conditions also.
(i) the lease shall not do anything which is destructive or permanently injurious to the land;
(ii) the lessee shall not sub-let or alienate the land;
(iii) the land shall be cultivated personally or by the members of the respective institutions, as the case may be;
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(iv) the land shall not be utilised for any purpose other than that for which it is leased;
[(v) the lessee shall pay annually a rent not exceeding ten times the land revenue plus water rate, if any, payable in respect of such land
subject to the condition that the water rate to be taken into account while fixing the rent shall not exceed Rs. 16-50 per acre in respect of
'A' class of lands, Rs. 11-00 per acre in respect of 'B' class of lands and Rs. 5-50 per acre in respect of 'C class of lands;
Explanation.
For purpose of this item, 'A' class, 'B' class or 'C' class of lands shall have the meaning assigned to them in Schedule I to the Karnataka
Land Reforms Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 10 of 1962);] {Item (v) of clause (a) substituted by GSR 82, dated 26/27-2-1977, w.e.f. 10-3-
1977.}
(vi) the lease shall be liable to be terminated when registration of the Institution is cancelled;
(vii) the lessee shall at all times allow the Deputy Commissioner or any person authorised by him to inspect the land to satisfy himself
that the conditions of the lease are not violated;
(viii) if the land or a portion of the land is required for any public purpose, the authority sanctioning the lease can resume the land after
issue of three months, notice to the lessee;
(ix) the lease shall be liable to be terminated for contravening any of the aforesaid conditions.
(b) In respect of the lands leased for non-agricultural purpose, the
Deputy Commissioner shall fix the rent payable in respect of such land taking into account the locality, the purpose for which the land is
utilised, etc. He may also impose such conditions as he deems necessary having regard to the circumstances of each case.
(5) Wherever any lease is granted under this rule, the lessee shall execute a lease deed in Form in or IV incorporating all the terms of the
lease.
19-A Lease of Brackish Water Land for acquaculture or prawn cultivation.
[19-A. Lease of Brackish Water Land for acquaculture or prawn cultivation.
(1) Subject to Rule 15 and on the recommendation of the Scrutiny Committee constituted by the State Government, by notification in
respect of such areas as State Government may deem fit, the State Government may lease Brackish Water Land, declared as such, by the
State Government, for the purposes of acquaculture or prawn cultivation in favour of Brackish Water Fish Farmers Development Agency,
on payment of lease amount to be determined by Government and on such terms and conditions as may be specified by the Government.
(2) The Brackish Water Fish Farmers Development Agency shall sub-lease the said land among the individuals and Institutions on
payment of such lease amount and on such conditions as specified in Government Order No. AHFs 315 SFM 91, dated 23rd December,
1991, as may be amended from time to time.
Explanation.
For the purpose of this section an acquaculture means and includes prawn and fish farming.] {Rule 19-A inserted by GSR 98, dated 7-5-
1993, w.e.f. 13-5-Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
20 Grant of land to Housing Board, Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat Co-operative Societies and other Statutory Board.
20. Grant of land to Housing Board, [Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat] {Substituted for the words "Village Panchayat,
Taluk Development Board" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.}, Co-operative Societies and other
Statutory Board.
(1) Lands may be granted by the Deputy Commissioner with the prior approval of the State Government under these rules to.
(a) the Karnataka Housing Board, [or any Urban Development Authority] { Inserted by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000,
w.e.f. 24-1-2000.} free of cost for construction of houses under the subsidised rental housing scheme or subsidised industrial housing
scheme and on payment of fifty per cent of the market value in all other cases;
(b) [Grama Panchayats, Taluk Panchayats and Zilla Panchayats] {Substituted for the words "Village Panchayats and Taluk Development
Boards" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.} free of cost for construction of schools, hospitals,
dispensaries and public amenities and such other purposes deemed obligatory under [the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act, 1993]
{Substituted for the words "the Karnataka Village Panchayats and Local Boards Act, 1959" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-
2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.};
(c) Co-operative Societies and Statutory bodies like the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation, The [Karnataka Power
Transmission Corporation] {Substituted for the words "Karnataka State Electricity Board" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99,-dated 22-1-
2000, w.e.f. 24-1 -2000.}, etc., on collection of 50 per cent of market value to be determined by the Deputy Commissioner:
[Provided that where the extent of the land does not exceed five acres, no such prior approval shall be necessary.] {Proviso to sub-rule
(1) inserted by GSR 146, dated 5-5-1979, w.e.f. 10-5-1979.}
(2) If the lands granted under sub-rule (l)(a) to (c) are not utilised for the purpose for which they are granted, [the same shall be
resumed by the State Government free from all encumbrances] {Substituted for the words "shall be resumed" by GSR 146, dated 5-5-
1979, w.e.f. 10-5-1979.}. The State Government shall not be liable to pay any compensation or damages for the lands so resumed.
21 Grant of land to religious and charitable institutions.
21. Grant of land to religious and charitable institutions.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Deputy Commissioner may grant lands upto an extent of one hectare and with the
prior approval of the Divisional Commissioner upto an extent of two hectares and with the prior approval of the State Government upto
any extent, to any religious or charitable institutions for non- agricultural purposes on payment of the price to be fixed Levy and
Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
22 Grant of land to Industrial concerns.

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22. Grant of land to Industrial concerns.
(1) Lands may be granted by the Deputy Commissioner to Industrial concerns registered under the Industries (Development and
Regulation) Act, 1951 (Central Act) [and to small scale industrial units registered with the State Directorate of Industries and Commerce]
{Inserted by GSR 424, dated 22-12-1971, w.e.f. 30-12-1971.}subject to the following conditions.
(i) the grantee shall not, without the permission of the State Government, sell, lease, mortgage, transfer, gift or otherwise alienate in any
manner such land within a period of thirty years from the date of the grant;
(ii) if the grantee at anytime thereafter proposes to sell, lease, mortgage, transfer, gift or otherwise alienate in any manner such land, the
industrial concern shall make the first offer to the State Government and if the State Government do not propose to take the land, the
Industrial concern may dispose of the land to any person;
[(iii) not more than two hectares of land shall be granted to any small scale industrial unit.] {Clause (iii) of sub-rule (1) inserted by GSR
424, dated 22-12-1971, w.e.f. 30-12-1971.}
(2) The value of the land granted under sub-rule (i) shall include the market value and the conversion charges of the land so granted,
unless conversion fine is exempted by the State Government.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), the grantee may mortgage the land in favour of such Financial Corporations as
may be recognised by the State or the Central Government for obtaining loans for the development and expansion of the industry.
23 Confirmation of lands to persons to whom the lands have been leased temporarily.
23. Confirmation of lands to persons to whom the lands have been leased temporarily.
Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules.
(1) Where, before the commencement of these rules agricultural lands were leased temporarily to any person for purposes of cultivation
and the lease contemplated the subsequent grant of the land to the lessee and all the conditions of the lease have been complied with,
such lands may be granted to the lessee by the Deputy Commissioner on payment of the price fixed by him in accordance with [rules
under which the lands were leased.] {Substituted for the word and figures "Rules 12" by GSR 255, dated 4-8-1978, w.e.f. 17-8-1978.}
(2) Where, after the coming into force of these rules, lands have been leased temporarily for cultivation and the lessee has fulfilled all the
terms of the lease, such land may be granted to the lessee on payment of the price fixed by the Deputy Commissioner, if the lessee is
either a landless person or an insufficient holder.
(3) Where the period of lease has expired and proposals for grant of land to the lessee are under consideration the period of lease may be
deemed to have been extended till such time as orders are passed by the Deputy Commissioner on such Levy and Recovery of Fees {The
words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
24 Constitution of Consultative Committees.
[24. Constitution of Consultative Committees.
(1) The State Government may, by order, constitute for each taluk a Consultative Committee consisting of such number of official and
non-official members and for such period as may be determined by it.
(2) The members of the Committee shall be nominated by the State Government [and one of them may be nominated as the Chairman
thereof.] {Inserted by GSR 338, dated 8-11-1979 and shall be and shall always be deemed to have been inserted.}
(3) It shall be competent for the State Government to effect such changes in the personnel of the Committee as it deems f it, at any time.
[(3-A) A non-official member of the Committee who remains absent consecutively for three meetings without previous intimation to the
Chairman shall cease to be a member of the Land Grant Consultative Committee.] {Sub-rule (3-A) inserted by GSR 386, dated 6-12-1977,
w.e.f. 22-12-1977.}
(4) The Committee shall be consulted in respect of all the applications for grant of land for agricultural purposes including the raising of
plantation crops in the taluk concerned and the recommendations of the committee shall ordinarily be accepted by the authority
competent to grant the land.] {Rule 24 inserted by GSR 297, dated 31-8-1972, w.e.f. 1-9-1972.}
25 Cancellation of grant.
Any grant of land made under these rules shall be liable to be cancelled and the land resumed by the authority which granted it, where
the grant has been obtained by making false or fraudulent representations or is contrary to these rules:
Provided that no such cancellation shall be made without giving the grantee an Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and"
26 Grant of land discretionary.
Nothing contained in these rules, shall be deemed to confer on any person any Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and"
27 Powers of the State Government.
27. Powers of the State Government.
Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding rules, the State Government may, suo motu, or on the recommendation of the
Divisional Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner, if it is of the opinion that in the circumstances of any case or classes of cases, it is
just and reasonable to relax any of the provisions of these rules, it may, by order direct such relaxation, recording the reasons for such
relaxation, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the orders and thereupon lands may be granted in such a case or classes of
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28 Grantees of land to execute an agreement.
28. Grantees of land to execute an agreement.
(1) Every person who is granted lands for agricultural purposes under these rules shall execute an agreement in Form V:
[Provided that where an order of grant is made under the proviso to sub-rule (4) of Rule 8, the agreement shall be executed jointly by the
applicant and his wife in Form No. V-A.] {Proviso inserted by Notification No. RD 68 LGP 87, dated 17-12-1999, w.e.f. 18-12-1999.}
(2) Every person who has granted land for non-agricultural purposes under these rules shall execute an agreement in Form VI:
Provided that where the land is granted to the Karnataka Housing Board, [any Urban Development Authority] {Inserted by Notification
No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.}, [the Industrial Areas Development Board] {Substituted for the words "a Village
Panchayat" by GSR 202, dated 8-7-1976, w.e.f. 22-7-1976}, [a Grama Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat or a Zilla Panchayat] {Substituted for
the words "a Village Panchayat or a Taluk Development Board" by Notification No. RD 59 LGP 99, dated 22-1-2000, w.e.f. 24-1-2000.}, the
condition that the lands shall not be alienated shall not be applicable.
28-A Grant of land in exchange for land relinquished.
[28-A. Grant of land in exchange for land relinquished.
(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, land may be granted to any person in exchange for the land relinquished by such
person to the State Government in the following cases, namely.
(i) where by changing course, a river, water-way or cart-track runs through a private land:
Provided that the land to be granted in exchange shall be the land registered in the revenue records as river, water-way or cart-track;
(ii) where a channel or pathway divides the private land of a person into two and it can be diverted along the boundary of such land
without inconvenience to the public;
(iii) where the private land is required for straightening the course of a channel or pathway;
(iv) where private land is situated on the bed of an irrigation tank or river and the State Government desires to take over such land;
(v) where private lands not exceeding five hectares in extent in each case, are required for public purposes such as construction of
chavadies, cattle pounds, wells, schools or for minor improvements to any irrigation work or the setting apart such land for free
pasturage for the cattle;
(vi) whereby any action of Government, a private land or any portion thereof is rendered valueless or has diminished in value;
(vii) where private land is required for extension of village sites.
(2) Any person desiring grant of land in exchange for the land to be relinquished by him shall make an application in writing to the
Deputy Commissioner in Form VIII giving the following particulars.
(i) name, age and address of the applicant; (ii) the extent and particulars7of the land proposed to be relinquished;
(iii) the extent and particulars of the land asked for, namely, survey number, village, taluk, sub-division in which the land is situated.
(3) In all cases where the value of the land to be granted exceeds rupees one hundred, the application shall be accompanied by an
encumbrance certificate in respect of the land to be relinquished:
Provided that in other cases, the applicant shall produce such encumbrance certificate if called upon to do so.
(4) The Deputy Commissioner shall on receipt of such application, make such enquiry as he thinks fit and if satisfied that the applicant is
eligible under this rule for the grant of land in exchange for the land relinquished, determine the market value of the land to be
relinquished and also of the land to be granted. Thereafter he may pass an order granting the land, if the value of such land is not more
than one thousand rupees. If the value exceeds rupees one thousand, he shall submit the application together with his report in the
matter to the Divisional Commissioner. The Divisional Commissioner may pass an order granting the land if the value of such land does
not exceed rupees ten thousand. If the value exceeds ten thousand rupees the records shall be submitted to the State Government which
may pass orders granting such land.
(5) The grant of land under this rule shall be subject to the following conditions, namely.
(i) the grant shall be subject to the provisions of Rules 9 and 13;
(ii) the applicant should have absolute title to the land to be relinquished.
(iii) the value of land to be granted shall as far as possible be not more than the value of the land relinquished and the difference if any in
value shall be paid by the applicant.] {Rule 28-A inserted by GSR 44, dated 28-1-1971, w.e.f. 18-2-1971}
29 Form of permission.
29. Form of permission.

Permission granted, under Section 93 of the Act shall be in Form VII. A sketch of the land granted shall be annexed to the said form, the
cost of the sketch Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
29-A Certain conditions not to apply.
[29-A. Certain conditions not to apply.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 40 of the Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1969, the provisions of any rule (repealed by the said
rule), that the land granted shall not be alienated except to the members of the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes shall, with effect
from the commencement of the Karnataka Land Grant (Amendment) Rules, 1974, cease to operate.] {Rule 29-A inserted by GSR Levy and
Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
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30 Repeal and Savings.
30. Repeal and Savings.
The Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1968 and the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Rules, 1967 (Rule 93-A) are hereby repealed:
Provided that the repeal shall not affect.
(a) the previous operation of any rule so repealed or anything duly done or suffered thereunder;
(b) any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any rule so repealed',
(c) any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any breach of or any offence committed against any rule so repealed; or
(d) any investigation or legal proceedings or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or
punishment as aforesaid and any legal proceedings or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced and any such penalty, forfeiture
or punishment may be imposed as if such rule had not been repealed:
Provided further that subject to the preceding proviso anything done or any action taken (including any notification, order, instruction or
direction issued), under any such rule shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the corresponding provision of these rules shall
continue to be in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken Levy and Recovery of Fees {The
words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995} OR"KARNATAKA LAND GRANT RULES, 1969 31 Repealed
rules not to apply to certain mortgages.
31 Repealed rules not to apply to certain mortgages.
[31. Repealed rules not to apply to certain mortgages.
Nothing in clause (vi) of Rule 12 of the Karnataka Land Grant Rules, 1968 or the corresponding provisions of any of the rules repealed by
Rule 40 of the said rules shall apply to mortgage of the land granted under the said rules, in favour of a Scheduled Bank [or the
Agricultural Refinance Corporation or the Karnataka State Agro Industries Corporation] {Inserted by GSR 382, dated 7-11-1970, w.e.f.
12-11-1970.} as security for loans obtained for improvement of such land or for buying cattle or agricultural implements for the
cultivation of such Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
501 FORM I [See Rule 8(1)]
501 FORM I [See Rule 8(1)] FORM I
[See Rule 8(1)]
Application for grant of land
1. Name and age of [the applicant and his wife] {Substituted for the words "the applicant" by Notification No. RD 68 LGP 87, dated 17-12-
1999, w.e.f. 18-12-1999.}
2. Address and occupation:
3. Father's Name:
4. Is the applicant:
(i) a member of the Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribes
(ii) Displaced person, displaced holder, displaced tenant
[(iii) ex-serviceman or soldier (a certificate to that effect issued by the Deputy Director of Sainik Welfare Department shall be annexed.]
{Substituted for sub-item (iii) of Item 4, by GSR 17, dated 6-1-1986, w.e.f. 15-1-1986.}
(iv) Political sufferer
5. Particulars of land applied for

Village, Taluk First prefrence Second Prefrence Third Prefrence
Sl. No. and Sub-
Division No.
Extent: Dry
Wet
Garden
6. Particulars Taluk Village S. No. Assessment

of land Extent paid
owned by
the applicant
inside the
State or
outside the
State
(i) Land Dry
included in
the Khate of
the applicant
or any other
member of Wet
the family
Garden
Taluk Village S. No. Extent
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Dry
(ii) Lands
cultivated by
the Taluk
applicant or
any other
Wet
member of
the family
Garden
(iii) No. of
members in
the family of
the
applicant:
Taluk Village S. No. Extent
7. Particulars Dry `
of land
previously
granted to
the applicant
or any Wet
member of
his family Garden
8. Whether
the applicant
or any
member of
his family
has
previously
applied for
land and if so
the
particulars
of the
endorsement
received
thereon
Certified that the particulars furnished above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Signature of the applicant.
502 FORM II [See Rule 8(2)]
502 FORM II [See Rule 8(2)] FORM II
[See Rule 8(2)]
Register of applications for the occupation of lands of the taluk of the District
Serial No. Year Date of receipt of Name of applicant and his address Whether application was presented
application through Revenue Inspector or direct
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Particulars of land applied for Date of Receipt of

report
Village Survey Description Extent Assessment Date of transmission to Revenue Inspector or
No. Village Officer for report
(5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
Estimated value and Whether land has been ordered to Date of sale Sale proceeds Date of passing final
other particulars of be disposed of by public auction, orders and nature of
malki free or for upset price such orders
(12) (13) (!4) (15) (!6)
Date of receipt of sale Date of issue of Saguvali Date of delivery there Duration i.e., interval between Remarks
records Chit of to the grantee Column 2 and Column 19
(17) (18) (19) (20) (21)
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Note:-
(1) The same form of Register may be adopted for application for land in each of the several categories of applicants mentioned in Rule 5
but there should be a separate Register for each category.
(2) Fresh Registers should be opened at the beginning of every year, pending cases or balance being carried forward from the old to the
new Register. The File Register number of the cases should not, however, on this account be changed.
(3) When the pukka phod of a part survey number is completed and the same is brought on the akarband, an entry to that effect should
be made in red ink in the remarks column of the Register at the same time that the particular entry in the supplemental Khetwar Patrick
is struck off.
503 FORM III [See Rule 19(5)]
503 FORM III [See Rule 19(5)] FORM III
[See Rule 19(5)]
Form of lease deed for temporary occupation of State Land for Agricultural Purposes
This deed of lease made this. ............... .day of ........ one thousand nine hundred and ........ between the Governor of Karnataka (which
expression shall include his successors in office and assigns) of the one part and ........... residing at ..........hereinafter called "the lessee"
(which expression shall include his heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives) of the other part witnesseth as follows:
The Governor of Karnataka hereby grants the land described in the Schedule below on lease to (name and address of the lessee) for
temporary occupation for a period. ..... .years/months commencing from (date, month and year) subject to the following terms and
conditions to which the aforesaid lessee has agreed.
(1) The lease is liable to cancellation if it be found that it was grossly inequitable or was made under a mistake of fact or owing
misrepresentation or fraud or that there was irregularity in the procedure.
(2) In the event of such cancellation of the lease, the lessee shall not be entitled to compensation or any loss caused to him by the
cancellation.
(3) The lessee shall pay the sum of Rs. ...... .as and for security for the fulfillment and observance by him of the conditions contained in the
lease. The sum so deposited shall be liable to be forfeited to the Government of Karnataka (hereinafter called the Government) under the
orders of the Deputy Commissioner of the District (hereinafter referred to as the Deputy Commissioner) in the event of failure by the
lessee to fulfill and observe any of the condition of the lease.
(4) The lessee shall so long as the lease be in force pay in advance to the Government annually/monthly a sum of Rs. ......... clear of all
deductions the first of such payments to be made on the ....... day of ............. and the subsequent annual/monthly payments on the
corresponding day of the succeeding years/months.
(5) If the lessee fails to pay the Government any sums payable under the lease on the respective dates on which they are made payable,
he shall pay interest at 12 per cent per annum on such amounts from the dates on which they were so payable until the date of payment
of recovery.
(6) The lessee shall not use the land except for the purpose for which it is granted.
(7) The lessee shall not do any act which is destructive or permanently injurious to the land.
(8) The land shall be cultivated personally or by the members of the respective institutions, as the case may be.
(9) The lease shall be liable to be terminated when registration of the institution is cancelled.
(10) The land shall not be used for political meetings.
(11) The lessee shall permit the Officers and servants of the Government with or without workmen at all times to enter upon the lands
aforesaid to view the condition and state thereof.
(12) The lessee shall not assign or underlet the benefits arising under this lease or any part thereof without the previous written
permission of the Government.
(13)(a) The Government reserve to themselves the right to all sandal-wood trees and their branches and roots which exist at the time of
lease (which is described in the schedule attached) as well as those which may grow subsequently on the lands leased and the
Government shall be at liberty to cut or dig out any such trees or their roots and branches and remove them from the land in question
and dispose of them at their pleasure. The lessee shall not be entitled to cut or remove them or cause them to cut or removed without the
permission of the Deputy Commissioner.
(b) the lessee shall take all reasonable measures to the satisfaction of the Deputy Commissioner for the protection of the sandalwood
trees from theft or damage and for the careful protection of the immature trees growing on the land;
(c) the lessee shall take steps to see that marks made by the Officers of the Government on the sandalwood trees are preserved and are
not tampered with; and
(d) in the event of the infringement of, or failure to observe any of the conditions mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above, the lessee shall pay
to the Government such compensation as is determined by the Deputy Commissioner for any loans or damage caused by such
infringement or failure on his part. The Government shall also be at liberty to cancel the lease and re-enter on the land and the whole
land shall thereupon vest absolutely in the Government. In that case the lessee shall not be entitled to any compensation whatever.
(14) The lessee shall not erect any buildings, fences or structures of a permanent or temporary character on the land without the
previous written sanction of the Government.
(15) The lessee shall not cut any live trees without the previous permission of the Deputy Commissioner. The withered and windfallen
trees shall also be the property of the Government and shall be handed over to the Village Accountant.
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(16) The sale-proceeds of withered and windfallen trees and those cut under condition (15) shall be credited to the Government.
(17) The lessee shall have no rights whatsoever to any trees standing on the land or to their usufruct.
(18) The usufruct of the trees may be leased out in auction by the Officers of the Government according to the practice obtaining in the
district and the lessee shall allow a right of passage to persons to whom the usufruct of the trees is so granted by the Government.
(19) The lessee shall not without the previous written sanction of the Deputy Commissioner permit any person to use the land or any
structure thereon or any portion of the land or structure except as provided in condition (6).
(20) The lessee shall on the termination or revocation of this grant, restore the said land to the Government in as good condition as is
consistent with the foregoing conditions.
(21) The lessee shall be answerable to the Government for all or any injury or damage done to the said land and other Government
property thereon except as is permitted by the foregoing conditions.
(22) The Government may revoke the lease wholly or in part if the sums specified in condition (1) above or any part thereof shall remain
unpaid for 15 days after they have become payable whether formally demanded or not, or if the lessee shall have contravened any of the
conditions of the grant herein contained and assume control or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the land and any buildings, fences
and structures thereon and the lessee shall not be entitled to any compensation therefor.
(23) If the amount specified in condition (4) or (5) above or any part thereof is in arrear, it shall also be competent for the Government to
recover the same from the lessee as an arrear of land revenue.
(24) The lease hereby given may be revoked by the Deputy Commissioner acting on behalf of the Governor of Karnataka, after giving (...)
month's notice in writing and shall be terminable by the lessee by giving to the Deputy Commissioner ...... .month's notice in writing
without prejudice to any right of action or remedy of the Government in respect of any antecedent breach of any of the foregoing
conditions. The lessee shall not in case of such revocation or termination be entitled to any compensation in respect of any structures on
the land or any improvements effected by him to the land or for the loss caused by the interruption of his occupation but he may, before
the revocation or termination of the lease takes effect or if the lease is revoked without notice within such time as may be allowed by the
Deputy Commissioner in that behalf, remove such structures.
(25) The sum of Rs. .......... .deposited by the lease condition (22) or (24) the Government shall be at liberty to levy proportionate rental
upto the date of such termination.
(26) The sum of Rs. ...... .deposited by the lessee under condition (3) or such portion thereof as may be returnable to him shall be returned
to him on the expiration or termination of the lease.
(27) If any dispute or difference shall at any time hereafter arise between the Government or their Officers, on the one part and the
lessee as to the rights, duties or liabilities of either party in respect of any matter or thing relating to or arising out of the lease or the
construction or the meaning of all or any of the provisions herein contained the said dispute or difference shall be referred for settlement
to the arbitration of the Deputy Commissioner for the time being and his decision be final.
(28) The lease includes all rights, easements and appurtenances belonging to the land or purported to belong to it or usually held or
enjoyed with it. The existing and customary rights of Government and the public in roads and paths and rivers, streams and channels
running through or bounding the land and the right of Government to the mines and quarries, adjacent to the land or however reserved
and are in no way affected by the lease.
SCHEDULE
District Taluk Town or Village Survey Area Boundaries
number acres N.S.E.W.
(1) (2) Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-
1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
504 FORM IV [See Rule 19(5)]
504 FORM IV [See Rule 19(5)] FORM IV
[See Rule 19(5)]
Form of lease deed for temporary occupation of State land for non-agricultural
purposes
This deed of lease made this ....... .day of. ....... one thousand nine hundred and ..........
between the Governor of Karnataka (which expression shall include his successors in
office and assigns) of the one part and. ...... residing at ...... hereinafter called "the lessee"
(which expression shall include his heirs, executors, administrators, legal
representatives and assigns) of the other part witnesseth as follows.
The Governor of Karnataka hereby grants the land described in the schedule below on
lease to (name and address of the lessee) for temporary occupation for a period of. ........
years/months commencing from (date, month and year) subject to the following terms
and conditions to which the aforesaid lessee has agreed.
(1) The lease is liable to cancellation if it be found that it was grossly inequitable or was
made under a mistake of fact or owing to misrepresentation or fraud or that there was
an irregularity in the procedure.
(2) In the event of such cancellation of the lease the lessee shall not be entitled to
compensation or any loss caused to him by the cancellation.
(3) The lessee shall pay the sum of Rs. ...... .as and for security for the fulfillment and
observance by him of the conditions contained in the lease. The sum so deposited shall
be liable to be forfeited to the Government of Karnataka (hereinafter called the
Government) under the orders of the Deputy Commissioner of the District (hereinafter
referred to as the Deputy Commissioner) in the event of failure by the lessee to fullfil
and observe any of the conditions of the lease.
(4) The lessee shall, so long as the lease be in force pay clear of all deductions a sum of
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Rs. ...... per annum for credit to the general revenues of the State and further sum of Rs.
...... on account or rates, taxes, assessments and outgoings, payable by the Government
to the Corporation/Municipality as a result of his occupation of the land. The
Consolidated charge shall be payable to the Government in advance annually/monthly,
the first of such payments to be made on the ..... day of. ...... .and the subsequent
annual/monthly payments on the corresponding day of the succeeding years/months.
(5) In the event of the Corporation/Municipality varying its demand the Government
shall be at liberty to revise, without notice, the second part of the charge referred to in
condition (5) as the sum payable by the lessee on account of taxation by the
Corporation/Municipality and, on such revision any balance due shall become
immediately payable by the lessee.
(6) If the lessee fails to pay the Government any sums payable under the lease on the
respective dates on which they are made payable, he shall pay interest at 12 per cent
per annum on such amounts from the dates on which they were so payable until the
date of payment or recovery.
(7) The lessee shall not do any act which is destructive or permanently injurious to the
land.
(8) The grantee shall not use the land except for the purposes of which the land is
leased.
(9) The lessee may erect. ..... .in accordance with the plan(s) hereto annexed.
(10) The land and the building(s) thereon shall not be used for political meetings.
(11) The lessee shall not, except as provided in condition (9), erect any buildings,
fences or structures of a permanent or temporary character on the land without the
previous written sanction of the Deputy Commissioner.
(12) The lessee shall maintain the said land in a clean and sanitary condition to the
satisfaction of the Government and shall also maintain the structures, if any, erected
thereon as aforesaid, in good, and substantial repair to the satisfaction of the Deputy
Commissioner.
(13) The lessee shall permit the Officers and servants of the Government with or
without workmen at all times to enter upon the lands aforesaid to view the condition
and state thereof.
(14) The lessee shall not assign or underlet the benefits arising under this lease or any
part thereof without the previous written permission of the Government.
(15)(a) The Government reserve to themselves the right to all sanda1-wood trees and
their branches and roots which exist at the time of lease (which are described in the
schedule attached) as well as those which may grow subsequently on the lands leased
and the Government shall be at liberty to cut or dig out any such trees or their roots and
branches and remove them from the land in question be entitled to cut or remove them
or cause them to be cut or removed without the permission of the Deputy
Commissioner;
(b) the lessee shall take all reasonable measures to the satisfaction of the Deputy
Commissioner for the protection of the sandalwood trees from theft or damage and for
the careful protection of immature trees growing on the land;
(c) the lessee shall take steps to see that the marks made by the Officers of the
Government on the sandalwood trees are pre-served and are not tampered with; and
(d) in the event of the infringement of, or failure to observe any of the conditions
mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above, the lessee shall pay the Government such
compensation as is determined by the Deputy Commissioner for any loss or damage
caused by such infringement or failure on his part. The Government shall also be at
liberty to cancel the lease and re-enter on the land and the whole land shall thereupon
vest absolutely in the Government. In that case the lessee shall not be entitled to any
compensation whatever.
(16) The lessee may uproot, cut down or destroy such trees, plants, groves or bushes as
in the opinion of the Deputy Commissioner it is necessary to uproot, cut down or
destroy to make the land f it for the purpose of. ........ and may take them free of charge
and dispose of them in any manner he likes. The lessee may level the ground by
removing embanked pathways and filling up low-lying places on the land so as to make
the ground fit for the purpose of ..... . . and may mow and cut the grass thereon and
dispose of the same in any manner he likes and do any work on the land which, in the
opinion of the Government, is necessary for such purposes.
Note.
If the trees are valuable, it may be stipulated that the tree growth cut should be handed
over to the Deputy Commissioner or any Officer deputed by him in this behalf for
disposal.
(17) The lessee shall remove immediately any unauthorised building, fence or structure
on receiving notice from the Deputy Commissioner and in default of immediate
compliance with any such notice, the Deputy Commissioner shall have power to remove
the same and the lessee shall upon demand made by or on behalf of the Deputy
Commissioner pay the cost of removal and the cost of the storage materials removed
and take delivery of the same. The lessee shall have no claim to any materials removed
under this condition which shall not have been taken delivery of or the cost of removal
and storage of which shall have been paid by the lessee on demand made as aforesaid.
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(18) The lessee shall not without the previous written sanction of the Deputy
Commissioner permit any person to use the land or any structure thereon or any
portion of the land or structure except as provided in condition (8).
(19) The lessee shall on termination or revocation of this grant, restore the said land to
the Government in as good a condition as inconsistent with the foregoing conditions.
(20) The lessee shall be answerable to the Government for all or any injury or damage
done to the said land other Government property thereon except as is permitted by the
foregoing conditions.
(21) The Government may revoke the lease wholly or in part if the sums specified in
conditions (4 above or any part thereof shall remain unpaid for 15 days after they have
become payable whether formally demanded or not, or if the lessee shall have
contravened any of the conditions of the lease herein contained and assume control or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the land and any buildings, fences and structures
thereon and the lessee shall not be entitled to any compensation thereafter.
(22) If the amount specified in condition (4) or (6) above or any part thereof is in
arrear, it shall also be competent for the Government to recover the same from the
lessee as an arrear of land revenue.
(23) The lease hereby given may be revoked by the Deputy Commissioner acting on
behalf of the Governor of Karnataka, after giving (....) month's notice in writing and by
the Government and shall be terminable by the lessee by giving to the Deputy
Commissioner, month's notice in writing but without prejudice to any right of action or
remedy of the Government in respect of any antecedent breach of any of the foregoing
conditions. The lessee shall not in case of such revocation or termination be entitled to
any compensation in respect of any structures on the land or any improvements
effected by him to the land or for the loss caused by the interruption of his occupation
but he may, before the revocation or termination of the lease takes effect or if the lease
is revoked without notice within such time, as may be allowed by the Deputy
Commissioner in that behalf, remove such structures.
(24) In the event of termination of the lease under condition (21) or (23) the
Government shall be at liberty to levy proportionate rental up to the date of such
termination.
(25) The sum of Rs. ........ deposited by the lessee under condition ( ) of such portion
thereof as may be returnable to him shall be returned to him on the e Levy and
Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-1-1995,
w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
505 FORM V [See Rule 28(i)]
505 FORM V [See Rule 28(i)] FORM V
[See Rule 28(i)]
Form of agreement to be executed by persons granted land for agricultural purposes
To the Tahsildar………………
I, A.B, inhabitant of. ......... in. ........ .Taluka, hereby accept the right of the occupation of the
land comprised in Survey No. ........... .(or of the building site herein below described, or
otherwise as the case may be) in the village of. ....... .in the ........ Taluka and I pray that my
name be entered in the Government records as the occupant of the said land.
The said land has been granted to me subject to the provisions of the Karnataka Land
Revenue Act, 1964 and of rules in force thereunder in perpetuity, from the ........ .date of
19....; and I undertake to pay the land revenue from time to time lawfully due in respect
of the said land (or I undertake, whenever the State Government shall see fit to
discontinue the exemption of the said land from payment of land revenue, to pay such
revenue be lawfully imposed. ........ thereupon under the order of the State Government
or otherwise as the case may be. If I contravene any of the conditions of the grant, the
Deputy Commissioner, may without prejudice to any other penalty to which I may be
liable under the provisions of the said Act and the rules made thereunder, continue the
said land in my occupation on payment of such fine and/or assessment as he may
direct.
Dated the ............. day of. ....... 19. ...... .at. .
(Signed) A.B.
We declare that A.B., who has signed this agreement is to our personal knowledge the
person he represents himself to be, and that he has affixed his signature hereto in our
presence.
(Signed) C.D.
(Signed) E.F.
We declare that to the best of our knowledge and from the best information we have
been able after careful inquiry to obtain the person who has executed this agreement is
a fit person to be accepted by the State Government as responsible for the punctual
payment of the land revenue from time to time due on the above land.
(Signed) G.H.
(Signed) I.J.
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Village Accountant.
Levy and Recovery of Fees {The words "Suspension and" omitted by GSR 13, dated 12-
1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
505-A FORM V-A [See Rule 28(1)]
505-A FORM V-A [See Rule 28(1)] FORM V-A
[See Rule 28(1)]
Form of Agreement to be executed jointly by persons granted land for agricultural

purposes.
To
The Tahsildar of
……………………
We, A.B. & X.Y., husband and wife respectively, the inhabitants of ................... in the
Taluka, hereby accept the right of occupation of the land comprised in Survey No.
.................. (or of the building site herein below described, or otherwise as the case may
be) in the Village of .............................. in the ................ Taluka and we pray that our names be
entered in the Government records as the occupants of the said land. The said land has
been granted to us subject to the provisions of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964,
and of rules in force thereunder in perpetuity, from the ................... day of .................. and
we undertake to pay the land revenue from time to time lawfully due in respect of the
said land (or We undertake, whenever the State Government shall be fit to discontinue
the exemption of the said land from payment of land revenue, to pay such revenue by
lawfully imposed ......................... thereupon under the order of the State Government or
otherwise as the case may be).
If we contravene any of the conditions of the grant, the Deputy Commissioner, may,
without prejudice to any other penalty to which we may be liable under the provisions
of the said Act and the rules made thereunder, continue the said land in our occupation
on payment of such fine and/or assessment as he may direct.
Dated the ................. day of………………19……. at ……………..
(Signed) A.B.
(Signed) X.Y.
We declare that A.B. and X.Y. who have signed this agreement are to our persons
knowledge the persons they represent themselves to be, and that they have affixed
their signature hereto in our presence.
(Signed) A.B.
(Signed) X.Y.
been able after careful inquiry to obtain the persons who have executed this agreement
are fit persons to be accepted by the State Government as responsible for the punctual
(Signed) A.B.
(Signed) X.Y.
VILLAGE ACCOUNTANT]
{Form V-A inserted by Notification No. RD 68 LGP 87, dated 17-12-1999, w.e.f. 18-12-
1999.}
1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
506 FORM VI [See Rule 28(2)]
506 FORM VI [See Rule 28(2)] FORM VI
[See Rule 28(2)]
Form of agreement to be executed by persons granted land for non-agricultural

purpose
To the Tahsildar of. ...............

I, A.B., inhabitant of. ............ in the ...... .Taluka hereby accept the right of occupation of the
land comprised in Survey No. . . ........ in the Village of .... in the Taluk and I pray that my
name be entered in the Government records as the occupant of the said land.
The said land has been granted to me in. ....... perpetuity from the day of .......... 19. ......
subject to the provisions of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 and of the rules in
force thereunder, and further condition that, I, my heirs, assigns and legal
representatives shall not at any time by partition, inheritance, lease, mortgage or
otherwise however transfer the said land or allow any portion of it to be cultivated,
used or occupied by any other person so as to divide it.
If I fail to perform any of the aforesaid conditions, I shall be liable without prejudice to
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any other penalties that I may incur under the said Act, and the rules made thereunder,
to have the said land summarily forfeited by the Deputy Commissioner, and I shall not
be entitled to claim compensation for anything done or executed by me in respect of the
said land.
And I undertaken to pay the land revenue from time to time lawfully due in respect of
the said land (or I undertake, whenever the State Government shall see fit to
discontinue the exemption of the said land from payment of land revenue, to pay such
revenue as may be lawfully imposed thereon under the orders of the State Government
or otherwise as the case may be).
Dated the ............ .day of. ............. 19.
(Signed) A.B.
We declare that A.B., who has signed this agreement, is to our personal knowledge the
person he represents himself to be and that he has affixed his signature hereto in our
presence.
(Signed) C.D.
(Signed) E.F.
been able, after careful inquiry to obtain, the person who has executed this agreement
is a fit person to be accepted by the State Government as responsible for the punctual
(Signed) G.H.
(Signed) I.J.
Village Accountant.
1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
507 FORM VII [See Rule 29]
507 FORM VII [See Rule 29] FORM VII
[See Rule 29]
Certificate of Grant/Saguvali Chit
Whereas, under the rules for the disposal of unoccupied Government land for
cultivation and the grant of occupancy rights the land specified in the schedule
hereunder written has been sold, and A.B. has purchased it in public auction or for
upset price and the same has been duly confirmed, and A.B. declared the purchaser
thereof, and whereas the said A.B. has paid into the Government Treasury the full sum
of the purchase money amounting to Rs. .............. No. I.C.D. Tahsildar. . . ..... Taluk. ..........
permit the said A.B. to enter into occupation of the said land and hereby grant and
confirm subject to cancellation or modification in appeal or revision under the
provisions of the Land Revenue Act, the said land to the said A.B., his heirs, personal
representatives and assigns subject to the provision hereinafter men tion ed and
subject also to the regular payment of the Land Revenue Assessrnent on the land as
fixed under the rules for the time being in force:
(1) Provided that this assessment shall be paid for each revenue year as per rules
prescribed in this behalf from time to time under provision of the Land Revenue Act,
failing which it will be recoverable by coercive process in the manner prescribed by the
Land Revenue Act and rules framed thereunder:
(2) Provided also that this little-deed in no way affects the liability of the abovesaid
land to such rates, taxes and cess other than land revenue as are or as may be imposed
by la w, whether for general, municipal or other local purposes:
(3) Provided also that the said A.B. or other lawful owner of the said land shall at all
times hereafter at his own expenses maintain in good order, the restored major and
minor tanks of the village with respect to which the customary obligation to maintain is
imposed on the said A.B. by virtue of his being the occupant or other lawful owner of
the said survey number and shall put up, repair and maintain in good order the
boundary marks around and in the said land, failing which it shall be lawful for the
State Government after due notice to cause the maintenance work of the said tank in so
far as his liability in this behalf extends and the repair of the said boundary marks to be
carried out and to recover the cost of such maintenance work and such repair as a
revenue demand from the said A.B. or other lawful owner:
(4) Provided also that nothing in the title deed contained shall affect the existing or
customary rights of Government or of proprietors of land adjoining or lying near the
said land or of the villages in common in all existing roads and paths and in streams of
water running through or bounding the said land:
(5) Provided also that this title-deed shall in no way be considered to grant to or in any
way vest in the said A.B., his heirs, personal representatives or assigns any right, title or
interest in or to precious stones, gold and other minerals or coal or stone or rock
containing or supposed to contain precious stones, gold or other minerals or coal
known to exist or which may at any time hereafter be discovered on or under the said
land or any part thereof all of which are hereby respectively reserved to the State
Government subject to the conditions now in force or which may be prescribed in this
behalf from time to time. Subject to the conditions that the said A.B., his heirs, personal
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representatives or assigns shall always be allowed to use free of charge any limestone,
granite and ordinary minerals other than metals or coal or precious stones which may
be found on or under the said land and which may be applied to the bona fide private
use of the said A.B., his heirs, personal representatives or assigns and not removed for
purpose of sale:
(6) Provided also that this title-deed shall not be considered in any way to grant to or
vest in the said A.B., his heirs, personal representatives or assigns the right to sandal
trees which are hereby reserved to the State Government except in so far as the rules
that are or may be framed in the matter, if the grant of bonuses for such trees may
permit:
(7) Provided also that the land shall not be alienated for a period of fifteen years (15
years from .............. .the date of taking possession).
[Explanation.
For purposes of this proviso the following shall not be regarded as alienation.
(a) mortgage of the land in favour of the State Government or a Co-operative Society or
the Indian Coffee Board or a Scheduled Bank or the Agricultural Refinance Corporation
or the Karnataka State Agro Industries Corporation as a security for loans obtained for
improvement of such land or for buying cattle or agricultural implements for the
cultivation of the land; and
(b) lease of the land in accordance with the provisions of Karnataka Land Reforms Act,
1961:] {Explanation to proviso (7) inserted by GSR 10, dated 31-12-1971, w.e.f. 6-1-
1972.}
(8) Provided also that the grant shall be subject further generally to the provisions of
the Land Revenue Act and the Rules made thereunder or any other law for the time
being in force.
(9) It is obligatory on the part of the grantee to undertake soil conservation measures
as directed by the Soil Conservation Officer.
1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}
508 FORM VIII [See Rule 28-A]
508 FORM VIII [See Rule 28-A] [FORM VIII
[See Rule 28-A]
Application for grant of land in exchange for the land relinquished
1. Name and age of the applicant:
2. Address and Occupation:
3. Father's Name:
4. Particulars of land proposed to be relinquished:
(i) Sy. No. and Sub-Division No.
(ii) Extent:
Dry.......
Wet.......
Garden......
(iii) Value
5. The extent and particulars of the land asked for, namely Survey Number, Village,
Taluk, Sub-division in which the land is situated.] {Form VIII inserted by GSR 44, dated
28-1-1971, w.e.f. 18-2-1971.}
SCHEDULE
Specification of the Land

District Taluk Village Name Boundaries S. Extent Assessment
if any No.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
H.
Total
Phot Kharab
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Dry
Wet
Garden
The purpose for which Phot Kharab is allowed to be specifically mentioned here.
Dated this ........... .day of….... ………19
Tahsildar.
1-1995, w.e.f. 9-2-1995}

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KARNATAKA LAND RECORD OF RIGHTS ACT, 1958

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka.

(3) It shall come into force at once.

2. Application of the Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires.

(4) "Holding" includes a portion of land held by a holder;

(7) "Landlord" means a lessor;

(9) "Notification" means a notification published in the Official Gazette;

(10) "Occupation" means possession;

(11) "To occupy land" means to possess or take possession of land;

(13) "Occupancy' means a portion of land held by an occupant;

(14) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(19) "Tenant" means.

(i) a lessee, whether holding under an instrument or under : an oral agreement;

(iii) a mortgagee of a tenant's rights with possession; or

5. Acquisition of rights to be reported.

The rights mentioned above includes a mortgage without possession.

6. Register of mutations and register of disputed cases.

(a) proof of facts by affidavits;

(c) compelling the production of documents.

7. Obligation to furnish information.

8. Division of survey numbers into sub-divisions.

9. Requisition of assistance in preparation of Maps.

Subject to rules made in this behalf by the State Government.

(a) a Survey Officer under.

10. Certified copies of Records to be annexed to plaint or application.

(4) In this section.

(b) "application" means an application.

(i) for the execution of a decree or order in a suit;

11. Refusal of assistance.

12. Presumption of correctness of entries in record of rights and register of mutations.

14. Bar of suits.

17. Exemption from the provisions of the Act.

18. Power to make rules.

19. Power to remove difficulties.

20. Repeal and savings.

GOVERNMENT GRANTS ACT, 1895

1. Title and extent.-

1. Title and extent.-

[(3) x x x x x] {Sub-section (3) omitted by Act No. 10 of 1914 }

2. Transfer of Property Act, 1882, not to apply to Government grants.-

3. Government grants to take effect according to their tenor.-

COORG LAND GRANT RULES, 1960

1. Short title, extent and commencement.

1. Short title, extent and commencement:

1. Title and commencement.

2. Application and repeal.

2. Application and repeal.

(1) In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires.

(g) "Insufficient holder" means a person who is not a sufficient holder;

(i) by one's own labour; or

(ii) (ii) by the labour of any member of one's family; or

4 . Powers of different Revenue Officers in respect of grant of lands.

[4. Powers of different Revenue Officers in respect of grant of lands.-

5 . Procedure for disposal of lands for cultivation.

5. Procedure for disposal of lands for cultivation.

6 . Preparation of list of lands available for disposal.

6. Preparation of list of lands available for disposal.

7 . Restriction on disposal of land with reserved trees.