Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Sep 16: The Karnataka government is planning to amend 14 existing laws to envision former chief minister D Devaraj Urs' policy of "he who tills the land, owns it".

This move will provide ownership of land to the landless.

Revenue minister Kagodu Thimappa told reporters on Friday that even though existing laws already give primacy to tillers, it has not been implemented properly in parts of Karnataka.

"Inamdari system still exists in North Karnataka, despite Karnataka abolishing it in 1954. The names of the inamdar still exist in land records of those districts. We're looking at amending them," he said.

The Deputy Commissioners of districts in North Karnataka have been directed to collect and provide all details in this matter.

Thimappa said the government plans to extend the timeframe for regularizing constructions of properties under 94 C and 94 CC of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act (Akrama-Sakrama).

There are 2.78 lakh applications under 94 C (urban areas) and 1.18 lakh applications under 94 CC (rural areas) pending, he added.