The Land Reforms Ordinance was a law in the state of Kerala, India by K. R. Gowri Amma minister in the first EMS government.
Soon after taking its oath of office in 1957, the government introduced the controversial Land Reforms Ordinance, which was later made into an act.
The popular slogan for the radical socialists was "the land for tillers", which sent shock-waves through the landlord classes in the country.
The tenants and hut dwellers received a claim in the excess land, on which they had worked for centuries under the feudal system.
[citation needed] Different types of feudal relations existed in Travancore-Cochin and Malabar at the time of the formation of the state.