With a large number of people having submitted bogus applications seeking regularisation of cultivation of crops on government land in the State, the Revenue Department has directed tahsildars to streamline the process in the next nine months by linking Aadhaar numbers of families to issue land grant orders to eligible applicants.
The Revenue Department has received more than 9.29 lakh applications seeking ownership of government land to the extent of 54 lakh acres, which did not exist.
Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda told reporters on Tuesday that the department had received a large number of bogus applications. While one individual has submitted 25 applications, many have sought regularisation of parcels of government land which were not cultivated at all. Some individuals, who are landlords, too have applied to seek ownership of government land they have been cultivating over the years.
