Karnataka Targets Illegal Layouts, Officials May Face Action
Representative image created by AI BENGALURU: The Karnataka Revenue Department has initiated a substantial campaign against illegal land developments, targeting unauthorized layouts established through the misuse of land laws. Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has instructed officials to identify and take strict action against officers involved in these violations. Across the state, valuable agricultural lands are being unlawfully converted into residential plots without the necessary approvals mandated by Section 95 of the Land Revenue Act. Developers are misusing “11E maps,” intended for legitimate partitioning, to subdivide land into smaller parcels, sometimes less than one gunta, and market them as part…