AP Govt Mulls Allowing Registration Of 22A Lands

Vijayawada: Owners of lands listed prohibited under Section 22A of the Registration Act of 1908 may heave a sigh of relief with the State Government contemplating to unveil a new policy to remove the restrictions.

Under the section 22A of the Registration Act, a State Government is allowed to prohibit registration of certain documents/clases of documents against public policy through an official gazette. Sources told Bizz Buzz that guidelines will be issued to immediately allow the poorer sections for registration up to a certain extent of land.

Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad has already directed the revenue officials from the districts to furnish information on lands listed under the section. Earlier, he said at a review meeting held with Special Chief Secretary (Revenue) RP Sisodia, Chief Commissioner of Land Administration Jayalakshmi and Additional CCLA Prabhakar Reddy that they would also conduct a resurvey of the lands to remove curbs imposed during the previous government with an ulterior motive.He alleged that some lands were illegally included in 22A by the YSRCP regime.

The Minister said they would initiate action against officials involved in shady deals like creating fake passbooks and manipulating records to procure bank loans. He said each village will be considered as a unit for the resurvey. He said they had received as many as 1.80 lakh complaints and the grievances will be redressed soon by issuing new passbooks.

Drive on RERA applications

Following several representations from the builders and professional bodies, Minister for Municipal Administration & Urban Development P Narayana on Monday launched a special drive on pending applications under the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA).

The Minister said 167 applications are pending under the AP RERA due to various reasons. Out of which, 30 applicants were taken up for clearance on the first day of the special drive.

*We have brought RERA so that buyers should not be fooled by false claims on recognition through advertisements as mention of RERA approval has been made mandatory. We have made some suggestions to solve the problems. We have also looked at some of the policies implemented in other States. Steps are being taken to resolve all applications by the end of this month."

Narayana admitted that builders and developers faced many difficulties in the previous government. As many as 822 TDRs are pending across the State, he informed and declared that the coalition government is firm on simplifying permissions without any hassle. At the same time, he said the builders are also requested to follow the rules and construct structures as per the norms recommended by the authorities.

On the Building Penalisation Scheme (BPS) and Land Regularisation,Scheme pending applications, he said the issue is in court. They are discussing how to proceed further. He said new regulations for building constructions will be released by Thursday.