India, March 8 -- The land spread across 99 villages was granted between 2016 and 2018

The Karnataka Appellate Tribunal (KAT) has cancelled the illegal allocation of over 15 acres of Kan land - preserved plots with extensive tracks of green forest. This cancellation affects the alleged illegal allocation of 3,111 acres of forest land to several beneficiaries, including politicians.

An application had alleged the allocation happened without permission from the central government. The 3,111 acres of Kan land was spread across 99 villages in Soraba taluk, Shivamogga district.

Kan, identified as patches of evergreen forests, and soppina betta (foliage forests) fall under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964. However, more than 3,111 acres ...