22A promise meets the sub-registrar
Telangana has promised to clear wrongly listed private land, but has not explained whether a collector’s NOC is enough to secure registration.
The government has promised corrections to the 22A list, but the route from an NOC to registration remains unclear.
Telangana’s government has promised to correct wrongly included properties on the Section 22A prohibited list and register genuine private land. The paperwork, however, appears to have developed its own hierarchy.
The reported dispute is simple: landowners obtain No Objection Certificates from district collectors, but some are still allegedly unable to register their properties at sub-registrar offices. A report cited a Medchal district registrar as saying a collector-issued NOC alone cannot enable registration. The report did not publish the NOC, a written refusal or the relevant departmental instruction.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has said that not “an inch” of genuine private land would be lost and directed collectors to review 22A properties. Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has also ordered a review and said errors would be corrected after verification. The official Bhu Bharati system acknowledges that an entire survey number can be blocked when only part is affected, and says collectors can correct the extent where appropriate.
That leaves the question the government has not answered clearly: must an NOC be followed by a formal deletion from the prohibited list before registration? Until the Revenue and Registration departments settle that in writing, citizens are being given assurances while the system keeps the gate shut.