Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context other requires,-

1. (a) "Competent Authority" means the Tahsildar of the Taluk in which holdings is situated or such other officer not below the rank of Tahsildar in respect of such area as may be notified by the State Government;
2. (b) "holding" means land with or without building which is the subject matter of a

mulageni or volamulageni lease;

1. (c) "intermediary" means a mulgenidar who has sub-let the holding to a volamulgenidar and who is entitled to receive rent from him but not in possession of such holding and includes heirs, successors, legal representatives of such mulgenidar;
2. (d) "mulgar" or “mulidar” means a lessor of holding who is entitled to receive rent and includes his heirs, successors and legal representatives ;
3. (e) "mulagenidar" means a mulageni tenant, on mulageni lease or his heirs, successors or legal representatives in possession of the holding liable to pay mulageni rent but does not include an intermediary;
4. (f) "mulageni lease" means a permanent lease or lease in perpetuity and includes a submulageni lease from mulagenidar to volamulagenidar;
5. (g) "mulageni rent" means rent fixed under the mulageni lease either in cash or kind or rendering service or by any one or more of all these means;
6. (h) “volamulagenidar” means a sub-mulageni tenant who has taken the holding on submulageni from a mulagenidar and who is in possession of such holding and liable to pay rent to such mulgenidar or Mulidar as the case may be.
   • (i) “Ward” means the ward as defined in section 2 of the Karnataka Municipalities