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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Earlier, land given by the government to tenant farmers under the old Tenancy Act \u2014 i.e., before the 1915 amendment \u2014 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.<\/p>\n
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