Hunsur land allotment for a nomadic community at Chunchanakatte has been sought through a petition submitted to Sub-Divisional Officer G.D. Shekhar, with the official saying the earlier files would be examined before further action is taken.
Members of the community, led by Dalit Sangharsha Samiti leader Ningaraj Malladi, submitted the representation at the Sub-Divisional Officer’s office in Hunsur. They asked the administration to sanction house sites so families who have lived in Chunchanakatte for several years can establish permanent homes.
Malladi said the issue had been brought to the attention of officials who had served in the area over several years. He also said the demand had been raised at district- and sub-divisional-level Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes awareness committee meetings, but that no action had been taken so far.
The petition identifies 12 acres of government land in Survey No. 69 at Kuppe village, Chunchanakatte. The community has requested that two acres of the land be earmarked for house sites for nomadic groups to construct homes.
According to the representation, the proposal has been pending since 2021. The petitioners have now asked that the sites be sanctioned within the legal framework under Section 94 CC, as referred to in the original request.
The community members said they had built their lives in the village over many years but continued to lack land on which to construct permanent houses. The demand places the focus on the administrative process for converting an identified government-land proposal into an approved housing allocation.
After receiving the petition, Shekhar said the administration would examine the matter within the legal framework, study the earlier files and take further action. The next step will therefore depend on the review of the existing records and the eligibility and land-use considerations applicable to the request.
