CM Naidu for completing land resurvey by December, 2027

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Time made it very clear that revenue services must be simplified and free of complications.

He said that the auto-mutation system must be implemented in real time for pattadar passbooks.

Addressing a review meeting on revenue services at Secretariat here. the Chief Minister stated that landowners should not be forced to visit government offices repeatedly for pattadar passbooks and ordered a complete overhaul of the revenue system within one year.

The officials informed the Chief Minister that 1,97,915 complaints related to mutation and pattadar passbooks were received under Public Grievance Redressal Scheme (PGRS). Of these, 1,00,835 applications were related to land nature and classification disputes, 1,00,295 applications were filed after resurvey claiming reduced land extent and 2,40,479 complaints were registered regarding Joint Land Parcel Map (LPMs).

The officials informed the Chief Minister that resurvey has been completed in 6,693 villages, while 10,123 villages remain pending. The Chief Minister directed that the entire resurvey process must be completed by December, 2027.

Naidu emphasized speedy resolution of Joint Land Parcel Map disputes and said that issuing ECs would become easier once land details are maintained in online database. Applications seeking removal of lands from the 22-A prohibited list must be processed promptly, he added.

The Chief Minister stressed the need for utmost caution in dealing with 22-A freehold lands. He suggested introducing a robust system like blockchain to prevent tampering of land records and insisted that all land details be made transparent and available online to avoid disputes.

Additionally, the Chief Minister instructed that barren lands with pre-1954 sale deeds in the Register of Holdings be removed from 22-A.He said the assigned lands located within municipal limits should be regularized as per the Ministers’ Committee recommendations—plots up to 250 square yards should be regularized at fifty per cent of the base value.

Assigned lands used for aquaculture must be regularized at the Sub-Registrar value.

The Chief Minister said a system must be developed to ensure that students who complete 10th standard receive their caste certificates immediately. Income certificates should be issued based on information integrated with RTGS.

He said the revenue target stands at Rs 10,169 crore and asked the officials to update land values in accordance with market values.

Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad, Special Chief Secretary (Revenue) Sai Prasad and CCLA officials participated in the review meeting.