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This Karnataka law empowers the state government to purchase land specifically to provide house sites to people from weaker sections, including Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and landless laborers who lack housing. The process begins with a government notification allowing owners to show cause against the acquisition. Once acquired, the land vests in the state, and the government pays compensation to the owners, following procedures similar to the Land Acquisition Act of 1894. This legislation ensures that economically disadvantaged citizens have access to land for shelter.
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Chronological legislative evolution of HOUSE SITES ACT, 1972 across statutory gazettes and amending Acts.