Respondent No.l, Puppegouda was put in possession of the land from the year 1950 as tenant under a lease for 5 years which was extended from time to time upto 1960.
Land Reforms Amendment Act introducing Section 44 and other provisions came into force w.e.f.
These appeals by special leave arise from the judgment of the Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court made on June 20, 1977 in Writ Appeal Nos.
1974 abolishing intermediary rights of land holders and companyferment of permanent rights to the tiller of the soil, i.e., tenant.
The Karnataka Tenancy Act, 1961 came into force protecting the tenancy rights.
No.16 admeasuring 2 acres and 30 gunthas of land of Mattighatta village belonged to respondent No.2 hereinafter called, the Land Holder .
Renewal of lease deed was executed in 1960 for a further period of 5 years.
A Full Bench of the High Court in Balesha Ram Khot Ors.
Though the respondents were served with numberice, they do number appear either in person or through companynsel.
The admitted facts are that Sy.
196A and 197 of 1977.
March 1.
1978 k KLJ 116 had held that even if the land was number in actual possession of the tenant, immediately prior to 1st march, 1974 if it was tenanted land, it vested in the State Government.
vs. Land Tribunal, Chikodi Ors.
