THE KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018
(Received the assent of Governor on the 13th day of March, 2018) An Act further to amend the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 11 OF 2018
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 17th day of March, 2018)
Whereas, it is expedient further to amend the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Sixty ninth year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2018.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of section 94-A.- In section 94A of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964), (hereinafter referred to as the Principal Act), in sub-section (4),-
(i) for the words and figures "fourteenth day of April, 1990", the words and figures "first day of January, 2005" shall be substituted;
(ii) for the words, brackets and figures "within a period of six months from the date of commencement of the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 1990", the words, brackets and figures "within a period of one year from the date of commencement of the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2018" shall be substituted; and
(iii) in the second proviso for the table and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
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Places
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Distances
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1
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2
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3
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1.
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Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangarpalike under the Karnataka
Municipal Corporations Act, 1976
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18 kms
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The Cities of Belagavi, Kalaburagi, Hubballi – Dharawada, Mangaluru and Mysuru respectively under provisions of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976;
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Other Municipal Corporations under the provisions of the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976
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10 kms
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All City Municipal Councils (CMCs) under the provisions of the
Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964
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5 kms
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All Town Municipal Councils (TMCs) and Town Panchayats
under the provisions of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964.
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3 kms
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Provided that no such land shall be regularized under this section if such land,-
(a) lies in the line of natural drains or course of river valley;
(b) belongs to any local authority or a statutory or non-statutory body of the State Government or Central Government;
(c) coming in the way of existing or proposed roads, inner or outer ring roads, national highways, by pass over ring roads including those proposed for widening and railway lines, tramways, mass rapid transit system projects, communications and other civil facilities or public utilities;
(d) is reserved for parks, playgrounds, open places or for providing any civic amenities;
(e) is abutting to neighbouring property, storm water drain, tank bed areas; or
(f) is falling within the Land proposed for acquisition or is required for any proposed project of the state Government or any local authority, statutory or non-statutory body of the State Government.
1. Amendment of section 95.- In section 95 of the Principal Act, for the first proviso to sub-section (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"Provided that in case of any agricultural land assessed or held for the purpose of agriculture, falling within the Local Planning Area for which the Master Plan has been duly published under the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 11 of 1963) and such land and such diversion is in accordance with the purpose of land use specified in such Master plan. The permission therefore shall be deemed to have been granted subject to payment of fine prescribed under sub-section (7)."
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