Sudheer a Chandavarkar v. George
Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 – Sections 77 and 77A – occupancy rights
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NC: 2026:KHC:34814-DB - High Court of Karnataka, Bengaluru (Division Bench: D K Singh and T.M. Nadaf, JJ.; judgment per D K Singh, J.), WA No. 1173 of 2025 (LR), decided 09-07-2026. Writ appeal by Sudheer A. Chandavarkar under Section 4 of the Karnataka High Court Act, 1961 against the Single Judge's order dated 16.06.2025 in WP No.11986/2018 (George v. The Assistant Commissioner, Sagar Sub-Division), which had impugned the Karnataka Appellate Tribunal's order dated 26.09.2017 in WA.No.1039/2014. Subject: occupancy rights under Sections 77/77A of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961; Form No.7A application; relevant date 01.03.1974; primacy of revenue records/RTC; 1.21 acres in Survey No.14/1 (also printed as 41/1), Talaguppa Village, Sagar Taluk, Shivamogga District. Held: no revenue record of tenancy possession/self-cultivation on 01.03.1974; KAT order affirmed; appeal allowed; no remand.