B.K. MUNIRAJU vs STATE OF KARNATAKA .

The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Karnataka High Court, confirming the dismissal of the appellant's appeal regarding the land in question under the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978. The Court found that the land was not 'granted land' but purchased in a public auction, thus not subject to the Act's provisions. The Court emphasized that the alienation occurred after the ten-year non-alienation period, validating the Deputy Commissioner's ruling that the Act did not apply in this case.