Notwithstanding anything contained in the 1[Karnataka]1 Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1961 ([Karnataka]1 Act 3 of 1962) any person unauthorisedly occupying or wrongfully in possession of any land 3[which is covered under sections 67 or 71 of the Act]3 may be summarily evicted by the 2[Tahsildar]2 and any crop including trees raised in the land shall be liable to forfeiture and any building or other construction erected thereon shall also, if not removed by him after written notice, as the 2[Tahsildar]2 may deem reasonable, be liable to forfeiture or summary removal.
[Provided that where such land is owned by the Government, in addition to the action contemplated above, the Tahsildar or the authorised Revenue Officer may also initiate action under the relevant provisions of this Act or any other law for the time being in force, for any offence of criminal trespass, injury to or destruction of public property, fraud or forgery or cheating or assault or disturbance of public tranquility, or offence against a public servant etc.
Provided further that where any unauthorised structure is erected, the entire cost incurred by the Tahsildar in removing the same shall be recoverable as an arrears of land revenue and where any damage to public property done by the encroacher, either during the course of eviction or during the encroachment, the cost of restoration thereof shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.
Explanation: For the purposes of this section, public property shall mean not only the encroached property, but also any materials and equipment hired or employed by the Tahsildar to summarily evict the encroachment.]4