Smt Narayanamma v. the State of Karnataka
Land Reforms – Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961, Sections 84 and 85
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge oral order of the High Court of Karnataka (R Devdas J, 11.02.2026), WP No. 30464 of 2025 (LR). Keywords: Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961; Section 84; Section 85; Assistant Commissioner Kolar Sub-Division; order dated 18.05.2016; lease of lands to eligible agriculturalists for five years; non-cultivation; illegal sand mining; 24 khatedars; RTC; Column No. 11 mutation entry; expiry of five-year period; removal of entry; Tahsildar Kolar Taluk; four-week deadline; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution of India.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Tahsildar, Kolar Taluk to remove the entries made in Column No. 11 of the RTC, enabling the petitioner to cultivate the lands, to be done as expeditiously as possible and at any rate within four weeks from receipt of a copy of the order. ¶¶32