Karnataka (Sandur Area) Inams Abolition Act, 1976 Chapter I - Bare Act |
| State | Karnataka Government |
| Year | 1976 |
| Section Title | Preliminary |
(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka (Sandur Area) Inams Abolition Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the Sandur Area of Bellary District in the State of Karnataka.
(3) It applies to all inams villages and also to all minor inams situated in the Sandur Area.
1[(4) It shall come into force on such2[date] as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette appoint.]
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1.Substituted by Act 32 of 1979 w.e.f. 8.11.1976
2.Act came into force on 8.11.1976 by notification No. RD 84 IMA 76 dt. 8.11.1976
(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka (Sandur Area) Inams Abolition Act, 1976.
(2) It extends to the Sandur Area of Bellary District in the State of Karnataka.
(3) It applies to all inams villages and also to all minor inams situated in the Sandur Area.
1[(4) It shall come into force on such2[date] as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette appoint.]
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1.Substituted by Act 32 of 1979 w.e.f. 8.11.1976
2.Act came into force on 8.11.1976 by notification No. RD 84 IMA 76 dt. 8.11.1976
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964) ;
(b) "appointed date" means the date appointed under sub-section (4) of section
(c) "Deputy Commissioner" includes any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner authorised by the State Government by notification to exercise the powers of a Deputy Commissioner under this Act;
(d) "inam" includes an inam village and a minor inam;
(e) "inamdar" means,-
(i) in the case of a personal inam, a person holding in trust or owning for his own benefit an inam village or a share therein and includes the successors in interest of an inamdar; and
(a) where an inamdar is a minor or of unsound mind or an idiot, his guardian, committee, or other legal curator ;
(b) where an inamdar is a joint Hindu family such joint Hindu family ; and
(ii) in the case of a religious or charitable inam the religious or charitable institution owning the inam ;
(f)"inam land" or "inam village" means a land or village as the case may be held as an inam in trust or owned by a person for his own benefit;
(g) "land records" means records maintained under the provisions of, or for the purposes of, the Act or any other law relevant for the purposes of this Act;
(h) "minor inam" means an alienated holding other than an Inam village, situated in an alienated village or in an un-alienated village ;
(i) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette;
(j) "person" includes a religious or charitable institution and in the case of a joint Hindu family, such joint Hindu family ;
(k) "personal inam" means a grant of a village or land with total or partial exemption from the payment of land revenue made to a person and entered in the land records as an inam, other than a "devadaya" or "Dharmadaya" and does not include a religious or charitable inam ;
(I) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(m) "religious institution" includes a temple ;
(n) "religious or charitable inam" means grant of a village, portion of a village or land with total or partial exemption from the payment of land revenue, made to or for the benefit of a religious or charitable institution;
Explanation.--If any question arises whether any grant is a personal inam or a religious or charitable inam, such question shall be referred to the State Government whose decision shall be final ;
(o) "Sandur Area" means the villages of Sandur Taluk of Bellary District specified in Schedule I to this Act ;
(p) "Tribunal" means the Tribunal constituted under section 48 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961.
(2) The words and expressions used, but not defined in this Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act or the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 10 of 1962).
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1.Inserted by Act 19 of 1986 w.e.f. 6.12.1985 and omitted by Act 18 of 1990 w.e.f. 8.10.1990
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) "Act" means the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (Karnataka Act 12 of 1964) ;
(b) "appointed date" means the date appointed under sub-section (4) of section
(c) "Deputy Commissioner" includes any officer not below the rank of an Assistant Commissioner authorised by the State Government by notification to exercise the powers of a Deputy Commissioner under this Act;
(d) "inam" includes an inam village and a minor inam;
(e) "inamdar" means,-
(i) in the case of a personal inam, a person holding in trust or owning for his own benefit an inam village or a share therein and includes the successors in interest of an inamdar; and
(a) where an inamdar is a minor or of unsound mind or an idiot, his guardian, committee, or other legal curator ;
(b) where an inamdar is a joint Hindu family such joint Hindu family ; and
(ii) in the case of a religious or charitable inam the religious or charitable institution owning the inam ;
(f)"inam land" or "inam village" means a land or village as the case may be held as an inam in trust or owned by a person for his own benefit;
(g) "land records" means records maintained under the provisions of, or for the purposes of, the Act or any other law relevant for the purposes of this Act;
(h) "minor inam" means an alienated holding other than an Inam village, situated in an alienated village or in an un-alienated village ;
(i) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette;
(j) "person" includes a religious or charitable institution and in the case of a joint Hindu family, such joint Hindu family ;
(k) "personal inam" means a grant of a village or land with total or partial exemption from the payment of land revenue made to a person and entered in the land records as an inam, other than a "devadaya" or "Dharmadaya" and does not include a religious or charitable inam ;
(I) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(m) "religious institution" includes a temple ;
(n) "religious or charitable inam" means grant of a village, portion of a village or land with total or partial exemption from the payment of land revenue, made to or for the benefit of a religious or charitable institution;
Explanation.--If any question arises whether any grant is a personal inam or a religious or charitable inam, such question shall be referred to the State Government whose decision shall be final ;
(o) "Sandur Area" means the villages of Sandur Taluk of Bellary District specified in Schedule I to this Act ;
(p) "Tribunal" means the Tribunal constituted under section 48 of the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961.
(2) The words and expressions used, but not defined in this Act shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Act or the Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 (Karnataka Act 10 of 1962).
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1.Inserted by Act 19 of 1986 w.e.f. 6.12.1985 and omitted by Act 18 of 1990 w.e.f. 8.10.1990