HYDERABAD: Senior Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader and former minister T. Harish Rao mounted a blistering attack on the Congress-led Telangana government, accusing it of deliberately adding genuine private properties, residential houses, and agricultural plots to the Section 22A prohibited lands list.
Meeting affected residents and public delegations during his visit to the Kukatpally and Qutbullapur belts, the BRS leader assured citizens that his party would stand firmly with property owners and fight the issue until justice is delivered.
Harish Rao alleged that the state government has created immense confusion, anxiety, and distress among lakhs of middle-class families by placing decades-old patta lands, registered houses, and layouts into the 22A list without valid justification. He pointed out that many citizens only discover their homes are on the prohibited list when they visit sub-registrar offices for property transactions or try to mortgage their properties to secure bank loans for family emergencies, education, or marriages.
Calling it a major administrative failure and a deliberate mechanism to harass citizens, the BRS leader questioned how properties in long-established colonies and layouts with valid clearances—some dating back decades—could suddenly be listed under Section 22A. He further accused the government of forcing ordinary homeowners to run around MRO, RDO, and Collectorate offices to fix an error committed by officials themselves.
Outlining the party’s demands, Harish Rao called for an immediate inquiry by a sitting High Court judge into the entire 22A classification process and demanded that the state government release a comprehensive White Paper detailing all additions and deletions made to the prohibited list. He also demanded that the government remove all erroneous entries suo motu without placing any burden or procedural hassle on affected citizens.
Warning the administration against using the review process to favor real estate interests, Harish Rao announced that the BRS would aggressively raise the issue in the upcoming Legislative Assembly session starting September 7.
