PTCL

The Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, 1978. This Act prohibits the transfer of lands granted to persons belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes without prior permission of the State Government; transfers in violation are void and the land is liable to be restored to the original grantee or their heirs. "PTCL site" in property due diligence refers to land that originated as a grant under this Act — such properties carry a CRITICAL chain-of-title risk unless prior permission for transfer was obtained. Conversion of agricultural to non-agricultural land is a separate process under Section 95 of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act, 1964 (commonly called the "DC conversion order"), not PTCL.