Bills to protect govt educational lands, overhaul teacher transfer process tabled in K'taka assembly
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka School Education and Literacy Minister S Madhu Bangarappa on Monday introduced two bills in the assembly, seeking to safeguard government educational lands and streamline the teacher transfer process.
The Karnataka Government Educational Institution’s Lands (Protection and Regularisation) Bill, 2026, seeks to safeguard lands used by government schools and pre-university colleges by providing for deemed vesting of such properties with the state if they have been in continuous use for over 12 years.
The Bill bars legal claims and proceedings over such lands beyond this period, while allowing a limited window for genuine claims through a grievance redressal mechanism.
It also enables the issuance of vesting certificates as conclusive proof of ownership, mandates maintenance of a land register, and empowers authorities to prevent encroachments and coordinate with various departments to secure educational institution properties.
It further recognises long-standing use of land for educational purposes as a valid public purpose even in the absence of formal documentation.
The Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) (Amendment) Bill, 2026, introduces key changes to the existing transfer policy by defining 'critical posts' across schools and pre-university institutions and prioritising transfers to such posts.
The amendment provides for transfers to certain posts only through counselling, prescribes a minimum service period of 12 years for eligibility and a maximum tenure of three years in specified positions, and bars transfer of teachers to non-teaching roles in government departments and institutions.
It also introduces provisions allowing request transfers subject to availability of critical posts, mandates a minimum 10-year service in the Kalyana Karnataka region for teachers seeking transfer outside the region, and extends certain benefits to women teachers, including those who are pregnant or have children below five years of age.
Both Bills are aimed at strengthening governance in the education sector by ensuring legal clarity over institutional lands and bringing greater transparency and structure to teacher transfers.
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58-year-old man booked for raping minor girl in Thane
Thane (PTI): Police have registered a case against a 58-year-old man for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Tuesday.
The accused allegedly committed the crime between December 2025 and February this year after luring the victim under some pretext to his house at Nizampura in the Bhiwandi area, an official from Bhoiwada police station said.
Based on a complaint by the victim's family, the police on Sunday registered a case against the accused under sections 64 (rape) and 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
No reason was specified for the delay in filing the complaint by the victim's family.
