Karnataka Notifies Land Revenue (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 for Kodagu Jamma Bane records

Karnataka notifies the Karnataka Land Revenue (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 to reform Jamma Bane land records in Kodagu district. The amendment receives the Governor’s assent on January 7, 2026 and is officially notified to enable correction of legacy ownership anomalies and record modernisation under the Bhoomi digitisation project.

Karnataka Land Revenue (Second Amendment) Act, 2025 (Jamma Bane Records, Kodagu)

Dimension	Key Details
Authority	Governor Thawarchand Gehlot provides assent to the amendment.
Type of legal change	Amends Karnataka land revenue law through the Karnataka Land Revenue (Second Amendment) Act, 2025.
Parent law amended	Amendment applies to the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
Geographical applicability	Applies to Kodagu district (Jamma Bane land records).
Link to digitisation	Supports ongoing land record digitisation under the Bhoomi Project.
Alignment provision	Provides for aligning Kodagu’s unique land record system with the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
Jamma Bane lands: definition	Comprises hereditary land holdings unique to Kodagu district.
Grants and period	Granted between the 17th and 19th centuries by Coorg kings and later by the British, mainly in return for military service.
Land types	Paddy fields and forested uplands; many later become coffee plantations.
Legacy record issue	Traditionally, records retain the name of the original pattedar even as ownership passes through generations, creating legal complications.
Operational problems from legacy records	Records continue to show deceased ancestors as pattedars, causing difficulties in land mutation, inheritance, sale, and access to bank credit.
Older legal reference	Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 replaces the older Coorg Land Revenue Act, 1899 (outdated practices continue informally, as per article).
Judiciary reference	Karnataka High Court upholds Kodava ownership rights in cases including Chekkera Poovaiah vs State of Karnataka.
Key empowered authority	Empowers Tahsildars in Kodagu to correct inconsistencies in the Record of Rights after conducting due enquiry.
Specific statutory insertion	Adds a new subsection to Section 127 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
Correction mechanism	Authorises deletion or correction of improper historical entries in land records.
Safeguards	Provides for appeal mechanisms to ensure transparency.
Stated beneficiaries	Reform is expected to benefit indigenous communities by providing clear ownership records and easier access to legal and financial services.