Jamma Bane Lands:
The Karnataka government has amended its land revenue law to modernise an age-old system of land records called Jamma Bane lands.
- The word Jamma means hereditary.
- The Jamma Bane tenure is a form of land holding prevalent in Kodagu district of Karnataka.
- It is distinctly different from other classes of land holdings in the state.
- These lands were originally granted by erstwhile kings of Coorg and the British to local communities in return for military service.
- These lands comprise both wetlands, used for paddy cultivation, and forested highlands, which have transformed into the now-famous coffee estates of Coorg.
- The Coorg Land Revenue and Regulations Act, 1899 was in place to govern land ownership in the region till the introduction of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964.
- The Jamma Bane land ownership is registered in the name of the original pattedar from a family.
- Over generations, the names of the new owners are added alongside the name of the pattedar.
- The land ownership name could not be changed to reflect new owners.
