The state government has ordered cancellation of all land transactions that took place during the past two years after approval by various districts collectors. Sources said a key reform announced in 2015 and meant to benefit farmers was misinterpreted by the collectors who used it to favour builders, industrialists and various co-operative societies.
In 2015, the state government had amended the Tenancy Act to help farmers save their land from being acquired by the government if the Tenancy Act was being violated.
Earlier, land given by the government to tenant farmers under the old Tenancy Act — i.e., before the 1915 amendment — could not be sold to non-farmers for non-agricultural purposes. If the law was violated, the government could seize the title of that land without any compensation.
Read more: The Economic Times
