Nothing contained in these rules shall apply to or affect,-
- lands situated within the limits of a corporation, Municipality or Cantonment or within such other areas as Government may, byorder specify;
- assignment of Government lands made for the specific purpose of cultivating Tea, Coffee, Rubber, Cinchona and Cardamom;
- assignment of Government lands under any special rules other than Kuthakapattom Rules of 1947 whether already made or to bemade in respect of lands reserved for allotment under such rules;
- Government lands held under special tenures like Kandukrishi, Viruthi, etc;
- Government land held under any special agreement with the Government;
- l[Government lands which stand transferred to and vested in the Panchayats under the Kerala Panchayats Act, 1960 (32 of I960)].
1Inserted by G.O. (P) 687/67/RD dt. 30-12-67 pub. in K. G. Ex. No. 244 dt. 30-12-1967.