State Act

THE KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE ACT, 1964

82. Remission of assessment in cases of diluvion.— (1) Every holder of land paying land revenue in respect thereof shall be entitled, subject to such rules as may be prescribed, to a decrease of assessment, if any portion thereof, not being less than half an acre in extent, is lost by diluvion. 1[Explanation: Diluvion shall mean loss of land due to encroachment of water whether motile or stagnant, from rivers, sea, hill torrents, swamps, ground springs or lakes in cases where the lost land or major portion of it does not reappear for more than three consequent years. (2) The loss of land due to diluvion, exceeding 25 percent of a holding, or 20 gunta whichever is more, may be compensated by available contiguous alluvial land on application to the Deputy Commissioner, as per section 92 subject to the limit of land lost by diluvion.]1