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Land Law

Semester 6 · 18 topics in 5 units

Past question papers for Land Law

Unit I 4 topics

  1. Land acquisition under the 2013 Act: application, public purpose, social impact assessment and food securityWhy the 1894 Act was replaced, the purposes for which land may be acquired under section 2, consent for private and PPP projects, the Social Impact Assessment under sections 4 to 9, the food-security limit in section 10 and the Karnataka exemption in section 10A.9 min
  2. Notification and acquisition: preliminary notification, objections and declarationThe steps from the section 11 preliminary notification to the section 19 declaration under the 2013 Act: publication, the bar on transactions, survey, objections within sixty days, the Rehabilitation and Resettlement Scheme, and the twelve-month time limits.7 min
  3. Notification and acquisition: the award, possession, urgency and lapse under section 24The Collector's inquiry and award under sections 23 and 25, taking possession only after payment under section 38, the urgency power in section 40, withdrawal under section 93, and the lapse of old acquisitions under section 24 as settled in Indore Development Authority v. Manoharlal, with the Karnataka amendments.7 min
  4. Rehabilitation and resettlement: the R&R award, the authorities and the special provisions for SC/ST familiesHow rehabilitation and resettlement works under the 2013 Act: the Administrator, Commissioner and project committee, the census and R&R Scheme, the section 31 award and the Second and Third Schedules, the special provisions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, private purchases under section 46, and Karnataka's lump-sum option.7 min

Unit II 3 topics

  1. Utilisation and conversion of acquired land, and temporary acquisitionWhat the State may and may not do with land once acquired under the 2013 Act: no change of purpose or ownership, return of unutilised land, sharing of the price on resale, leasing instead of acquiring, the Karnataka amendment to section 101, and temporary occupation of land under sections 81 to 83.7 min
  2. National Monitoring Committee and the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement AuthorityThe National and State Monitoring Committees for rehabilitation and resettlement, and the LARR Authority that replaced the civil court reference under the 1894 Act: its constitution, the Presiding Officer, its powers and procedure, the section 64 reference, the award, re-determination for non-applicants and the appeal to the High Court.7 min
  3. Compensation under the 2013 Act: market value, solatium, apportionment and paymentHow the Collector determines market value under section 26, the multiplier, the value of attached assets, the seven heads in section 28, solatium and the 12 per cent additional amount, cost of acquisition, and the rules on apportionment, payment, deposit, investment and interest in sections 75 to 80, with a worked computation.7 min

Unit III 4 topics

  1. Revenue officers under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 and their procedureThe hierarchy of revenue officers in Karnataka after the 2024 amendment creating the Revenue Commissioner, the powers of each, revenue officers as revenue courts, formal and summary inquiries, hearings, eviction, and the exclusive jurisdiction of revenue courts with the bar on civil courts under sections 61 to 66.7 min
  2. The Karnataka Revenue Appellate Tribunal, appeal and revisionConstitution, benches, powers, review and finality of the Karnataka Revenue Appellate Tribunal under sections 40 to 48 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, and the ladder of first and second appeals, limitation, stay and revision in sections 49 to 59.7 min
  3. Land and land revenue under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964, including conversion of agricultural landGovernment ownership of land not owned by others under section 67, liability of all land to land revenue, the paramount charge, occupancy rights, grant and unauthorised occupation of Government land, and the law on converting agricultural land to non-agricultural use under sections 95 and 96 as amended up to 2025.7 min
  4. Record of rights, mutation and patta book, and realisation of land revenueThe record of rights (RTC) and register of mutations under Chapter XI of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, the presumption and its limits, appeal and revision against mutation entries, the patta book, and the process for recovering arrears of land revenue under Chapter XIV, with the khata-transfer and revenue-auction problems solved.9 min

Unit IV 4 topics

  1. The Karnataka SC and ST (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978Object and features of the PTCL Act: granted land and transfer, the nullity rule in section 4, resumption and restitution by the Assistant Commissioner under section 5, the 2023 amendment removing any limitation after Nekkanti Rama Lakshmi, appeals, registration bar, exemptions and penalty, with two problems solved.8 min
  2. Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961: general provisions regarding tenancies and conferment of ownership on tenantsWho is a tenant, the ban on leases from 1 March 1974, rent, eviction and other tenancy rules in Chapter II, the vesting of tenanted land in the State and registration of tenants as occupants by the Land Tribunal under Chapter III, the classes of land in Schedule I, and the duties of the Tahsildar and the Tribunal.8 min
  3. Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961: ceiling on land holdings and restrictions on holding or transfer of agricultural landThe ceiling of ten to twenty units under section 63, future acquisitions, declarations, surrender and vesting of surplus land, its disposal with 75 per cent reserved for SC/ST, exemptions, and Chapter V as it stands after the 2020 amendment omitted sections 79A to 79C and recast section 80.7 min
  4. Karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961: cultivation of uncultivated land, co-operative farms, and fragmentation and consolidation of holdingsChapter VI on compelling cultivation of land left fallow and leasing it out through the Assistant Commissioner, Chapter VII on forming, registering and running a co-operative farm, and the law on fragments under section 128 and the separate fragmentation statute.7 min

Unit V 3 topics

  1. RERA, 2016: registration of real estate projects and real estate agentsWhy the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 was enacted, the duty to register a project before marketing it, exemptions, the application and the 70 per cent separate account, grant, deemed registration, extension and revocation, and the registration and functions of real estate agents, with the Karnataka Rules, 2017.7 min
  2. RERA, 2016: functions and duties of the promoter, and rights and duties of allotteesWho is a promoter and an allottee, the promoter's duties under sections 11 to 18 (disclosure, advertisement, the ten per cent advance limit, adherence to sanctioned plans, defect liability, insurance, conveyance, refund and compensation), the allottee's rights and duties under section 19, and the plan-deviation problem solved.8 min
  3. RERA, 2016: the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, the Appellate Tribunal, adjudication, offences and penaltiesComposition, selection, functions and powers of the Real Estate Regulatory Authority, the Central Advisory Council, the Real Estate Appellate Tribunal and its pre-deposit rule, appeal to the High Court, the adjudicating officer, the penalty scheme in sections 59 to 70, and the Karnataka Rules on complaints, appeals and fees.8 min