Ponguleti unveils revised SOP with clear guidelines for land re-survey

Hyderabad: Minster Revenue, Housing and Information & Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has directed District Collectors to continuously monitor the ongoing comprehensive land resurvey and take proactive measures at the field level to create awareness among farmers and resolve land-related disputes.

The minister said the government had already issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for conducting the re-survey. However, while it was being implemented effectively in some areas, officials in other regions were adopting different approaches based on local conditions.

Taking into account the feedback and suggestions of field-level officials, the government would introduce necessary amendments and additions to the SOP to provide clearer guidelines and practical solutions to challenges encountered during the survey, while accommodating local circumstances.

During a video conference with District Collectors, Additional Collectors, RDOs and Survey Department officials at the Secretariat on Wednesday, the minister stressed the need for coordinated and transparent implementation of the re-survey to provide permanent solutions to land-related issues.

He instructed officials to clearly explain to farmers the procedure for submitting objections after completion of the survey. Following the issuance of notices, public announcements through traditional methods such as chatimpu must be made in villages every 15 days. Collectors should also visit the villages regularly to address farmers’ concerns.

Officials were directed to inform landowners about the extent of their land recorded in revenue documents and the extent identified during the re-survey, ensuring clarity on discrepancies. The minister announced that Palair constituency would be taken up as a pilot project, covering all 141 revenue villages. Currently, two survey teams and two rovers have been allocated to each mandal. A total of 708 rovers are being used for the statewide exercise, and another 400 will be deployed within a week.

He said the government would amend and supplement the existing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) based on feedback and suggestions from field-level officials. The revised guidelines would address practical difficulties and ensure uniform implementation while taking local conditions into account.

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