22A list: One crore acres meets two lakh applications
The Telangana government will defend its position in the Assembly, while the BRS demands a judicial inquiry and the full prohibited-land list. The underlying dataset remains unavailable.
The government is preparing its Assembly explanation of the Section 22A dispute.
The Telangana government is preparing to explain the Section 22A prohibited-land dispute in the Assembly, after Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy held a review meeting with ministers and revenue officials on September 15. Officials gave him a PowerPoint presentation at the MCR HRD Institute campus, according to a report on the meeting.
The government plans to challenge the BRS claim that one crore acres were placed under Section 22A. Its reported position is that the figure combines government-land categories with private-property complaints, of which around two lakh applications were submitted. That breakdown has not been backed by a public dataset. Numbers, at present, are doing more political work than documentary work.
The official Bhu Bharati portal acknowledges that entire survey numbers can be wrongly marked as acquired when only part of the land was acquired, and provides a grievance process for corrections. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has also acknowledged errors in some entries. The BRS is demanding a judicial inquiry, a white paper and publication of the complete list, while alleging large-scale irregularities. Those allegations remain unverified.
A separate government-ordered inquiry into Dharani and Bhu Bharati transactions was reported in July. Whether the Assembly statement produces the missing acreage, district-wise data and correction figures remains the useful part to watch. The Congress government has the floor; it still has to produce the paperwork.