Ponguleti Asks Collectors To Clear Pending Section 22A Land Cases

Hyderabad: Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Thursday directed collectors of all districts to take up pending land cases under Section 22-A of the Registration Act on a war footing and provide permanent relief to applicants. He said the government had already issued clear orders to collectors in this regard.

These measures included memos relating to GO 118 and GO 76, permission for registration of houses, plots and flats included in the 22-A list but having approvals from GHMC, HMDA, DTCP or municipalities, disposal of ULC applications, resolution of issues concerning patta lands where the NALA process was incomplete, and implementation of GO 59.

Srinivas Reddy was speaking at a review meeting with the collectors and district registrars of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Sangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts on Section 22-A land issues and the problems being faced in resolving them. He directed officials to dispose of all applications received under these categories on priority and said no eligible application should remain pending. Collectors would be responsible for ensuring strict implementation of the government orders, he said.

The minister instructed collectors, district registrars and other concerned officials to hold weekly meetings at the district level to review the progress of the cases. Issues that could not be resolved at the district level should be referred to the high-level committee headed by revenue secretary D.S. Lokesh Kumar, he said.

On cases under the urban land ceiling At, the minister directed the high-level committee examining the matter to submit within a week a comprehensive report on final judgments delivered by various courts, cases where the government could file special leave petitions and matters where this course of action was not possible. The report would be discussed with the Chief Minister before taking an appropriate decision on regularisation, he said.