As per Karnataka land revenue act 1964 section 102 & 110.........
102. Relinquishment.— An occupant may relinquish his land, that is, resign it in favour of the State Government, but subject to any rights, tenures, encumbrances or equities lawfully subsisting in favour of any person (other than the State Government or the occupant), by giving notice in writing to the Tahsildar of the Taluk in which the land is situate, before the 31st March in any year or before such other date as may from time to time be prescribed in this behalf, by the State Government, and such relinquishment shall have effect form the close of the current year:
Provided that no portion of land which is less in extent than the whole survey number or sub-division of a survey number may be relinquished except with the previous approval of the Deputy Commissioner.
110. Provisions applicable on relinquishment or forfeiture of a sub-division.—Subject to the provisions of any law in force for the Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings in the State, if any sub-division of a survey number is relinquished under section 102, or is forfeited for default in payment of land revenue, the 1[Tahsildar]1 shall offer such sub-division at such prices as he may consider reasonable to the occupants of the other sub-division of the same survey number adjacent thereto in such order as, in his discretion, he may think fit; in the event of all such occupants refusing the same, it shall be disposed of as the 1[Tahsildar]1 shall deem fit. if the land is acquired by state government as per Land acquisition act 1894 with occupant/owner's consent in writing will this be considered as relinguishment. ? In this case after acquisition if the government feels a portion of this survey number is not required for the acquisition purpose can this be alloted to the adjacent survey number sub division of the same survey nr ?
