There has been an on-going debate on impact of land leasing on resource usage and productivity. Therefore there is a need to examine input use pattern and production pattern under paddy cultivation. Fishers 't' test was used to examine the significant difference in input utilization and productivity level and Cobb Douglas production function was used to estimate influence of factors on output change. The study revealed that there was no significant difference in input use, production pattern between owner cultivated land and leased-in land. But, total cost of cultivation (` 28832/acre) and net returns (` 5735/acre) of leased-in farmers were significantly different than total cost of cultivation (`18319/acre) and net returns (` 15579/acre) of owner farmers resulting in higher gross return (1.85) per rupee of cost in owner cultivated land as against leased-in land (1.19). The production estimates revealed that MVP to MFC ratios were greater than one for all inputs used in both owner cultivated land and leased-in land except plant protection chemicals, human labour and machine labour. With ratio of MVP to MFC equal to one, indicated an optimum use of inputs. Therefore, there is a need to strengthen system of educating farmers about judicious use of resources.