Revenue Minister explains the problem of Jamma Amendment Bill Madikeri

 Dec. 17: The amendment bill related to Jammabane land in Kodagu district was passed in the House yesterday without any party support, raising hopes that the long-standing problem faced by the Jamma holders of the district will be resolved. The House's scrutiny committee, which was formed to look into this bill, had held several discussions and presented this bill in the Belagavi session with an appropriate resolution. The initiative of State Revenue Minister Krishna Bhairegowda, MLA A.S. Ponnanna, Opposition Leader R. Ashok and other members of the Active Efforts Committee had finalized it after thorough discussions.

Yesterday, after the Revenue Minister explained this in the Assembly and requested for the passage of the bill, Speaker U.T. Khader put it to the vote. Later, after the Speaker announced that it had been passed with the support of all the members, a discussion was allowed on the matter.

Krishna Bhairegowda explained the problem

The Revenue Minister said that he had clarified this problem in an understandable manner and explained what the previous problem was. In Kodagu district, during the pre-independence period, during the rule of the British Raj, their own law was in force. In 1964, the Karnataka Land Revenue Act was brought in a uniform form for the state in the state of Karnataka. But only in Kodagu district, contrary to this uniform act, the records continued as per the previous system in Kodagu. This continued till the year 2000. This was to stop when the Land Act came into force in 2000 and the compulsory computerization of the land register was introduced. The system that had been followed in Kodagu till then had no similarity with the law that had changed in the state. There is no mention of the term leaseholder in the amended Karnataka Land Revenue Act. However, there was a leaseholder clause in Kodagu. This problem should have been fixed by then, but it was not fulfilled. In the meantime, the then District Collectors had issued orders to enter the term leaseholder in clause 9 at their own level without discussing it properly under the law. Due to this, the name of the leaseholder appeared in clause 9 of the land register and since non-owners were also included in the land register, there was a problem related to land rights, he explained.

This was amended in 2012-13, which eased the situation to some extent, but the problem was not resolved at the grassroots level. He said that this new amendment order was brought after reviewing all these.

Krishna Bhairegowda informed that this will be implemented in the Kodagu district on the model of an adalat. He also said that if there are any disputes of the people or the tenants regarding this, they will also be allowed to do so and it will be looked into. He also clarified that now the committee will study everything thoroughly and implement the bill.

R. Ashok's opinion

Speaking on the occasion, Opposition Leader R. Ashok said that this is a welcome bill. Efforts were made in this regard even when he was the Revenue Minister. His government also took a proactive approach to this. He also reminded that it had reached the court. This has been a problem for many years and how will the government instruct the District Collector and Revenue Department officials in the future. There are so many dead people, a family tree needs to be created. Ashok questioned how the government will handle such obstacles and what is the solution.

Ponnanna's response

During the debate, the Speaker sought an explanation from Virajpet MLA A.S. Ponnanna. Speaking on the occasion, Ponnanna gave details about the problems. All the members of the scrutiny committee, who brought to the notice of the previous proceedings of the amendment bill, said that the problem has been mostly resolved as per the wishes of the Revenue Minister.

As the opposition leaders proposed, its implementation is very important. The name in the RTCs will be amended by using the word ``consequential entries''. Also, some rules are required. Suggestions and instructions will be given to the District Collector and Revenue Department Officers. Action will be taken on this in a camp model. The problems of getting loans, sale, division, and revenue assessment need to be resolved. Ponnanna said that the current amendment is correct and everyone in the scrutiny committee has cooperated. All of them will be remembered on behalf of the people of Kodagu.

Committee members Araga Gyanendra, Arvind Bellad and others expressed their views.

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