The purchase of land after it is converted from agricultural to residential use does not contravene the provisions of the Karnataka Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands) Act, the Karnataka High Court has said. It upheld as valid the purchase of three acres of land by the Tibetan Children’s Village in Sheshagirihalli village in Ramangara, which was originally a granted land after the land had been converted for residential use. Agricultural land granted to SC/ST cannot be transferred as per the said Act.