Ponguleti asks officials to expedite section 22-A resolutions

Hyderabad: Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy on Thursday, November 12, directed district collectors to expedite the resolution of all applications related to section 22-A land issues and ensure that no application remains pending.

The minister held a review meeting at the Secretariat with the collectors and district registrars of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Sangareddy, and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts and reviewed the implementation of recent government decisions on 22-A issues.

He said the government that the government had issued clear orders on several pending issues pertaining to section 22-A lands such as implementation of GO 118 and GO 76 and GO 59.

It had also called for registration of houses, plots and flats listed under 22-A but having approvals from Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), Directorate of Town & Country Planning (DTCP) and municipalities.

The government had also ordered the resolution of Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) applications and issues involving patta lands where the Non-Agricultural Lands Assessment (NALA) conversion process has not been completed.

The minister stressed that all applications received so far on these matters must be resolved on a war footing.

He instructed collectors to hold weekly district-level meetings with district registrars and other concerned officials to review progress in resolving 22-A issues.

Matters that cannot be resolved at the district level should be referred to a high-level committee headed by Revenue Department Secretary DS Lokesh Kumar.

Minister seeks report from high-level committee

The minister also directed the high-level committee to submit a comprehensive report within a week on final judgments delivered by various courts on the ULC matters.

He said the report would be discussed with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, following which an appropriate decision would be taken on regularisation.

The minister also instructed officials to thoroughly examine revenue records, registration details and supporting documents relating to every parcel of land included in the 22-A list.

He emphasised that genuine landowners should not face unnecessary delays in securing their property rights or be forced to make repeated visits to government offices.

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