Resolve All 22-A Applications on a War Footing

• No application should remain pending; collectors
  must take special initiative to prevent delays
• Effective monitoring by district collectors is essential to
  ensure genuine relief to ordinary people
• Minister directs District Collectors and
  District Registrars to expedite resolution of 22-A land issues

Hyderabad: The objective of the People’s Government is to provide a permanent solution to 22-A land-related issues that have remained unresolved for years. State Revenue, Housing and Information & Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy has directed district collectors to ensure speedy and effective implementation of the government’s decisions at the field level to provide relief to applicants. he Minister held a review meeting on Thursday at his office in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat with the Collectors and District Registrars of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Sangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. The meeting reviewed the implementation of recent government decisions concerning 22-A land issues, difficulties being faced at the field level and measures required to expedite their resolution. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had given assurances in the State Legislative Assembly with the objective of providing permanent solutions to 22-A land problems. In accordance with these assurances, the government had issued clear orders and memorandums relating to GO 118 and GO 76.

He said the government had also issued orders covering several other issues, including:

The Minister made it clear that all applications received so far concerning these issues must be resolved on a war footing and that not even a single application should remain pending. He said district collectors were responsible for ensuring the effective implementation of the government orders. He instructed district collectors, district registrars and other concerned officials to hold weekly meetings at the district level to review the progress of 22-A applications. Issues that could not be resolved at the district level should be referred to a high-level committee headed by Revenue Department Secretary D.S. Lokesh Kumar. The Minister emphasised that policy decisions, government orders and memorandums issued by the government should not remain confined to official records. Their actual purpose would be fulfilled only when they were effectively implemented at the grassroots level and people received the intended benefits. He urged collectors to give special attention to the issue, thoroughly examine the government guidelines and ensure justice to all eligible applicants. Regarding ULC matters, the Minister directed the high-level committee to submit a comprehensive report within a week on final judgments delivered by various courts, cases in which the government could file Special Leave Petitions (SLPs), and other matters where filing SLPs was not possible.
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 stressed that decisions should be taken only after verifying the actual ground-level situation. He said genuine landowners should not face unnecessary delays in securing their property rights and should not be forced to make repeated visits to government offices. Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy directed officials to discharge their responsibilities diligently while implementing the government’s decisions and ensure that there was no negligence in providing justice to eligible applicants. At the same time, he stressed that all prescribed rules and regulations must be strictly followed in matters concerning government lands and properties involving public interest.