Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy prods Collectors for speedy clearance of pending 22-A applications

Hyderabad: Minster for Revenue, Housing and Information & Public Relations Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Thursday directed District Collectors to take special initiative and ensure that all pending applications relating to Section 22-A land issues are resolved on a war footing. He made it clear that not a single application should remain pending and stressed that there should be no unnecessary delay in providing relief to eligible landowners.

At a review meeting with the District Collectors and District Registrars of Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Sangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts at the Secretariat, the minister reviewed the implementation of recent government decisions on resolving long-pending 22-A land issues and discussed the difficulties faced by officials.

Ponguleti said the government, in line with the assurance given by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy in the Assembly, had taken several policy decisions to provide a permanent solution to the problems faced by landowners. The government had issued GOs and memos relating to GO 118 and GO 76, registration of houses, plots and flats approved by GHMC, HMDA, DTCP and municipal authorities despite their inclusion in the 22-A list, resolution of Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) applications, pending NALA conversion issues concerning patta lands and implementation of GO 59. He instructed Collectors to ensure that these decisions were implemented effectively at the field level. He said the District Collector, District Registrar and other officials concerned should conduct weekly meetings at the district level to review the progress of 22-A applications. Cases that could not be resolved at the district level should be referred to a high-level committee headed by Revenue Secretary DS Lokesh Kumar.

On the ULC issue, Ponguleti directed the high-level committee to submit a comprehensive report within a week. The report should include cases in which courts had delivered final judgments, matters in which the government could consider filing Special Leave Petitions (SLPs), and cases where filing SLPs was not legally possible. The report would be discussed with Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to take an appropriate decision on the regularisation of the lands.

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