BHASKAR KRISHNAJI VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA

( 1 ) THE petitioner is the owner of certain agricultural lands situate in Indi Taluk, Bijapur District, which was formerly part of the State of Bombay before the re-organisation of States. In the area in which the lands in question are situate, the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act was in force. Under the said Act a ceiling had been imposed on the extent of agricultural lands which a land-holder can possess at 48 acres. But the said provision had however not been brought into operation. After the re-organisation of States, the Legislature of the State of Karnataka passed karnataka Land Reforms Act, 1961 (Act 10 of 1962) (hereinafter referred to as the Act ). It was brought into force on 2-40-1965. The Act was amended by Karnataka Act 14 of 1965. The provisions of the Act as amended by Act 14 of 1965 were questioned before the Supreme Court in Writ Petitions Nos. 202 and 205 of 1966. Those two petitions were heard along with another writ petition presented by Golaknath and others--Writ Petition No. 193 of 1966. All the petitions were dismissed by the Supreme Court by a common judgment in I. C. Golak Nath v. State of punjab, AIR1967 S

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