Summary:
DHARWAD : The Supreme Court has upheld the judgment of the Dharwad bench of the Karnataka high court in a case about nearly 5 acres of valuable commercial land in Keshwapur , Hubballi. Their negligence made them lose ownership and the leaseholder, who was in possession of the land, illegally became the owner. The land was granted to the family of Patils of Keshwapur village by the government under provisions of the Bombay Hereditary Offices Act, 1874. They were classified as Watan land.This Act was repealed by the Karnataka Village Offices Abolition Act, 1961 from March 1, 1963 and the land were taken over by the state government by abolishing the hereditary village offices. Subsequently, under the KVOA Act, the lands were regranted to members of the Patil’s family in 1973..