Jamma Land

Also known as: jamma, jamma bane, kodagu tenure

Jamma is a distinctive tenure surviving in Kodagu, historically granted for service, carrying transfer restrictions not found elsewhere in Karnataka.

Jamma holdings, including jamma bane land attached to them, descend from pre-merger Coorg administration and are governed by their own rules on alienation and succession. Whether a particular jamma holding can be sold, and to whom, depends on the class of tenure and the sanction obtained. A Kodagu chain of title cannot be read using mainland Karnataka assumptions.

What it does not prove

An ordinary RTC entry over jamma land does not establish that it is freely transferable.

Applies in

Karnataka