22A list bloats, fix promised in 2 days
A Section 22A mess the state admits exists; Telangana’s asking for documents, not drama. The BJP–Congress chorus can keep yelling — the remedy is sub-numbers, scrutiny and registrations, not brokers and TV.
The proposed Section 22A clean-up puts sub-numbers, scrutiny and registration papers at the centre of the process.
The Telangana CMO says the Chief Minister reviewed the Section 22A dispute with the Revenue Minister and senior officials and “is determined to protect people’s property rights.” The instruction: stop relying on brokers and political middlemen; send unclear cases to officials, who must report in two days and clear registrations where land is not actually prohibited. That is the government’s stated position on record.
The state’s own release says survey numbers with a sliver of acquired or disputed land will be split into sub-numbers so private pattas stop getting dragged into the prohibited bucket. The line from the top: “Land rights holders need not worry.” That is a fix, not a slogan.
The Bhu Bharati portal quietly admits the core error — entries that marked an entire survey number as ‘acquired’ when only a part was, and a formal grievance route for anyone stuck on the list. Also on the record: the Revenue Minister told sub-registrars not to reject blindly and to upload the government orders and acquisition papers they are relying on, with reasons for any refusal.
What is allegation — and stays allegation until the papers land — are claims that the Congress government deliberately used 22A to target private land, and the breathless figures being thrown around. Telangana’s position is simple: show the file that changed the list, the survey numbers affected, the rejections issued, and the corrections made. Until then, the BJP–Congress–TDP noise is exactly that: noise. The paperwork decides, not a press conference.