Publish the list. All of it.
BRS asks for a sitting-judge probe, a white paper and the full Section 22A list. The Congress government admits errors — then asks everyone to trust the fix they won’t publish.
The government has promised to correct wrongful entries in the Section 22A list.
BRS deputy floor leader T. Harish Rao has demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge, a white paper, publication of the complete Section 22A prohibited-properties list, lifting of online restrictions, and the sacking of Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy. The demand follows weeks of owners finding private, registered land suddenly flagged as “prohibited” — a tag that stalls registrations and loans overnight. (According to a report on August 25.)
Here is what even the Congress government concedes: Minister Ponguleti has apologised to affected owners, admitted genuine private properties were wrongly included, and announced a review mechanism. Earlier, he ordered uploading of GOs, proceedings and approvals to sort forged from valid records, and said errors would be corrected within the month. That is an admission of a problem big enough to jam people’s lives; it is also a reason to publish the data, not hide it behind portals and promises.
What is on the record: the Bhu Bharati portal says citizens can file a grievance to remove wrongful entries and upload court orders for the Collector to act. What is not: a complete, searchable list by survey number, extent and clause; counts of complaints and removals; and the order that drove the latest uploads. If the BJP or the TDP ran this exact opacity, the Congress would call it a scam in a press conference. Transparency does not change colour with the ruling party.
Harish Rao’s sharper allegations — middlemen, collections, one-crore-acre scale — are his claims, and he wants a judge to test them. A white paper and the full list would let Telangana test them too. The Congress government in Telangana has admitted the mess; it now needs to show the spreadsheet, not another speech.