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The Karnataka (Sandur Area) Inams Abolition Act, 1976

The Karnataka (Sandur Area) Inams Abolition Act, 1976

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This legislation abolishes the traditional inam tenure system in the Sandur Area of Bellary District, Karnataka. It applies to inam landholders, agricultural tenants, minor inam holders, and religious or charitable institutions holding tax-exempt land grants in specified local villages. Under the Act, all land rights, titles, and natural resource claims held by inamdars vest directly in the State Government, officially terminating feudal landholding arrangements. Cultivating tenants and qualifying inamdars obtain the right to register as official land occupants upon paying prescribed premiums. Meanwhile, former landholders receive calculated state compensation. This reform protects tenant cultivators, modernizes agricultural tenancy, and standardizes regional land revenue collection.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent, application and commencement
  2. 2Act came into force on 8.11.1976 by notification No. RD 84 IMA 76 dt. 8.11.1976

Chapter II ABOLITION AND VESTING OF INAMS IN THE STATE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES →

  1. 3Abolition, vesting of inams and the consequences thereof.- (1)
  2. 4Act, would be available to him.
  3. 5Certain lands not to be registered
  4. 6Vesting of buildings
  5. 7Right to agricultural land used for non-agricultural purposes.-
  6. 8Liability to pay land revenue to the State Government
  7. 9Saving of right in certain cases

Chapter III REGISTRATION AS AN OCCUPANT →

  1. 10Procedure for registration as an occupant.-
  2. 11Payment of premium, etc

Chapter IV DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF PERSONAL INAMS →

  1. 12Amount payable how determined
  2. 13Amount payable
  3. 14Payment of amount
  4. 15Interim payment
  5. 16Deputy Commissioner to determine total amount payable.- (1)
  6. 17Notice to persons interested in amount
  7. 18Apportionment of amount by the Deputy Commissioner.- The
  8. 19Procedure for apportionment of amount
  9. 20Claims of creditors
  10. 21Devolution of interest in amount

Chapter V AMOUNT PAYABLE IN RESPECT OF RELIGIOUS OR CHARITABLE INAMS →

  1. 22Amount payable
  2. 23Deputy Commissioner to determine the amount.- (1) The Deputy

Chapter VI MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 24Extent of land of which a person may be registered as an occupant
  2. 25Reforms Act, 1961.
  3. 26Revision by the
  4. 27Control by the 1[Regional Commissioner]1.- The
  5. 28Revision by the State Government
  6. 29Appeal from order under sections 8,16 and 24
  7. 30Tribunal, whose decision shall be final.
  8. 31Enquiries by the Deputy Commissioner.- (1) The Deputy
  9. 32Fee payable on applications, petitions, etc. under this Act.-
  10. 33Jurisdiction of courts barred in certain cases
  11. 34Power to make rules
  12. 35Penalties.- (1) If any person,-
  13. 36Power to remove difficulties
  14. 37Provided that no such power shall be exercised after the expiry of a period of two years from the commencement of this Act.
  15. 38Repeal

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