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The state government should adopt and implement proper mechanisms that should adopt officials who have committed tasks who do not conduct immediate steps under the Karnataka provisions planned caste and planned tribes (ban on certain land) by law of 1978 by making appropriate provisions in this act and rules, the Supreme Court said.
The divisional bench, which includes judge V. Kameswar Rao and the justice of TM NADAF, submitted this proposal and stressed that the court adheres to certain shortcomings on the commencement of measures when the land is granted SCS/STS contrary to the provisions of this Act.
The bench confirmed the verdict of the only judge 2022, which annulled the decision of the 2009 decision of the special representative of the Commissioner Bengalur, who ordered the renewal of the land, granted in 1981–82, which was stolen and sold in 1998. Only in 1998 after the permit was granted.
Officials are slowly responding
Meanwhile, the bench said that although the state government had enacted PTCL in 1978 with all the strictness of the provisions, officials who have been dealing with the powers of the law respond, despite the powers of Suo-Moto, which were provided for immediate measures.
“The lack of willingness by the authorities to initiate proceedings first, with the country awarding government land and waiting for grants or descendants to turn to the authorities to point out the alienation of land in violations, shows apathy with which the provisions are dealt with,” said Lavička.
The favorable act, adopted with the subject of auxiliary hand in the social and economically depressed class, fails if the provisions of the PTCL law are not properly implemented in accordance with the subject with which it is enacted, the bench said.
It also stressed that the PTCL law was adopted after it was found that the provisions on uneelientations on the land provided in the existing laws were found to be insufficient to help the suppressed class whose ignorance and poverty were used by persons that belong to the rich and powerful sections. regard to the consideration.
Published – April 10, 2025 9:03