Ponguleti asks Collectors to clear all pending 22-A applications on priority

Telangana Revenue Minister Poonguleti Srinivas Reddy at a meeting with officials at State Secretariat in Hyderabad on Thursday (November 12, 2026)

Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has directed district Collectors to take up all applications relating to land parcels listed under Section 22-A of the Registration Act on a war footing and ensure that not a single application remains pending.

At a review meeting with the Collectors and District Registrars of Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Sangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri at the State Secretariat here on Thursday (November 12, 2026), the Minister said the government was committed to finding a permanent solution to 22-A land-related problems that had remained unresolved for years.

He asked the officials to implement the government’s recent decisions firmly at the field level and provide relief to eligible applicants without delay.

The Minister said the government had issued orders and memoranda, in accordance with assurances given by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy in the Assembly, covering issues related to G.Os. 118 and 76, registration of houses, plots and flats that had approvals from GHMC, HMDA, DTCP and municipal authorities despite being included in the 22-A list, disposal of Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) applications, pattadar lands for which the non-agricultural land assessment (NALA) process had not been completed, and implementation of G.O. 59.

He made it clear that the responsibility for implementing the orders rested with the Collectors. They should convene weekly meetings with District Registrars and other officials concerned to review the progress of applications. Issues that could not be resolved at the district level should be referred to a high-level committee headed by Revenue Secretary D.S. Lokesh Kumar.

Mr. Srinivas Reddy also asked the committee to submit, within a week, a comprehensive report on ULC cases, covering final court judgments, cases in which the government could file special leave petitions (SLPs), and those in which filing SLPs was not an option.

The Minister asked officials to scrutinise revenue records, registration details and other supporting documents relating to every parcel included in the 22-A list. Decisions should be taken only after verifying the actual position on the ground, he said, adding that genuine landowners should not be made to run from one office to another to establish their rights.