Land Resurvey Errors: Nellore Farmers Unable To Establish Ownership
The problem surfaced in Nookanapalli village of Kaluvoya mandal, where discrepancies have been reported in several land records.
Nellore: Hundreds of farmers across SPSR Nellore district are facing mounting hardships due to irregularities in the land resurvey conducted by officials during the previous government’s term.
Errors in land classification, boundaries and recorded extents have left cultivators struggling to establish ownership of properties held by their families for generations.
These errors are also stalling land transactions, access to bank loans and other financial activities.
The problem surfaced in Nookanapalli village of Kaluvoya mandal, where discrepancies have been reported in several land records. In one representation, farmer Desireddy Narasimha Reddy sought corrections to multiple entries, including an ancestral holding of 0.86 acres that was recorded as just 0.231 acres in the resurvey. Other entries relating to ancestral and purchased properties have also allegedly been recorded incorrectly.
The consequences extend beyond discrepancies on paper. Incorrect boundary demarcation can trigger disputes between neighbouring farmers, while mismatches in survey numbers and Land Parcel Measurement (LPM) Numbers, erroneous ownership entries and mistakes in pattadar passbooks can obstruct property registration, crop loans and mortgages and benefits like Annadata Sukhibhava.
Farmers have also cited incorrect land classifications, the inclusion of their properties in the prohibited properties list and delays in grievance redressal.
Some farmers feel serious discrepancies may have resulted from deliberate tampering with revenue records in the past.
They are demanding a thorough verification of original documents and physical measurements of land parcels before any corrections are made.
Farmers point out that several land-related disputes existed even before the resurvey exercise began. In some cases, agricultural patta lands have been wrongly classified as government land or tank poramboke.
Discrepancies in recorded extents and survey numbers have further complicated property transactions, inheritance claims and access to institutional credit, effectively restricting landowners from dealing freely with their own properties.
The issue is glaring in Utukuru village of Vidavalur mandal, where farmers have sought corrections to revenue records covering 201.80 acres spread across 61 survey numbers. In a representation to the district collector, they alleged that the lands had been wrongly classified as tank poramboke in village records, despite registered sale transactions dating from 1936 to 2013.
The farmers cited entries in the sub-registrar's Register of Holdings, Adangal records, pattadar passbooks and title deeds issued to cultivators to substantiate their claims.
They also pointed out that crop loans had been sanctioned against some of the holdings and contended that no tank existed on the land in question.
They have sought reclassification of the properties as patta lands and their removal from the prohibited properties list maintained by the sub-registrar's office at Allur.
The affected cultivators are now seeking time-bound corrective measures, including joint resurvey operations, boundary verification, correction of Records of Rights and pattadar passbooks, and better coordination between the revenue and registration departments.
They warn that delays in resolving the discrepancies could expose genuine landholders to financial losses, legal disputes and prolonged uncertainty over properties held by their families for decades.