KARNATAKA
The Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act 2025
- 16 Jan 2026
- 3 min read
Why in News?
The Karnataka Government has enacted the Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act 2025 to reform land record administration, particularly to address anomalies in Kodagu’s unique Jamma Bane land tenure system and bring it in line with the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
Key Points
- Karnataka Land Revenue (Amendment) Act, 2025: Assented by the Governor of Karnataka on 7 January 2025
- Key provision: The Act empowers Tahsildars in Kodagu district to correct, modify or delete incorrect legacy entries in the Record of Rights (RTC) after proper enquiry.
- Legal safeguards: Any decision taken by the revenue authority under the amendment is appealable, ensuring procedural fairness and protection of landowners’ rights.
- Objective: To ensure accuracy, uniformity and legal clarity in land records and align Kodagu’s land system with the statewide revenue framework.
- Parent law: The Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 is the principal law governing land classification, revenue administration, record of rights (RTC), mutation and land ownership records in the state.
- Need for amendment: Certain regions of Karnataka, especially Kodagu (Coorg), follow a unique land tenure system called Jamma Bane, which created inconsistencies and legal ambiguities in modern land records.
- Jamma Bane land system: Under this hereditary system, revenue records continued to show the name of the original grantee (pattedar) even after land passed on to successors, causing problems in inheritance, sale, registration and bank loans.
- Problem addressed by the Act: The amendment seeks to correct outdated and inaccurate entries in land records that do not reflect actual possession or succession, thereby reducing disputes and litigation.
- Administrative significance: The amendment strengthens revenue governance by modernising land administration and improving transparency in land ownership records.
- Overall impact: The reform is expected to ease land transactions, inheritance, registration and access to institutional credit, while reducing long-pending land disputes.
