Regularisation of Sada Bainamas faces hurdles as officials insist on affidavits

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Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy interacting with farmers during a Revenue Sadassus held successful  Narayanpet district.

Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy interacting with farmers during a Revenue Sadassus held successful Narayanpet district. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL

The State government’s ambitious strategy for regularisation of sada bainamas, onshore transactions connected plain paper, appears to person deed a large roadworthy block.

As against much than 9.2 lakh applications received for regularisation of the lands, a bare minimum of them are expected to person been regularised till day astir a twelvemonth aft the transition of the Telangana Bhu Bharati (Record of Rights) Act, 2024 by the State Legislature. Insistence connected the affidavits from the persons who sold the lands done sada bainamas by the officials acrophobic is said to beryllium 1 of the large impediments successful the regularisation process. Mismatch of the names of those who sold the lands decades agone and the names successful the enjoyment file astatine contiguous starring to bundle related problems is said to beryllium different crushed down the delays successful the process.

Unlike the BRS government, the Congress authorities made circumstantial notation of sada bainamas successful the Act incorporating Section 6 containing the proviso for regularisation and rules were framed accordingly. However, Revenue officials astatine the crushed level are said to beryllium insisting connected affidavits from the earlier owners who transferred the lands done sada bainamas successful spite of specified a proviso not being portion of the Record of Rights Act.

The clause of obtaining the affidavit has been included successful the rules framed for regularisation of sada bainamas. Moreover, lack of written guidelines to the officials acrophobic entrusted with the regularisation of transactions connected plain insubstantial is resulting successful antithetic interpretations of the provisions resulting successful inordinate delays arsenic good arsenic giving scope for alleged discretion successful conducting the exercise.

Land Laws adept M. Sunil Kumar who was roped successful by the authorities to springiness recommendations relating to Bhu Bharati Act, said officials tin alternatively absorption connected conducting section enquiries and instrumentality up regularisation of the lands. He told The Hindu astir the process adopted successful neighbouring Andhra Pradesh wherever the authorities has undertaken a resurvey of the lands and extended the past day for exertion of regularisation of sada bainamas till December 31, 2027.

In crisp contrast, determination is nary scope for receiving caller applications successful Telangana wherever the cut-off day for regularisation has been fixed arsenic June 2, 2014 coinciding with the State Formation Day. There is nary scope for receiving caller applications adjacent though sada bainamas regularisation was 1 of the large issues raised during the caller gross sadassus.

He suggested that the authorities framework the rules afresh demarcating the roles of officials astatine antithetic levels and addressing the insignificant irritants that are impeding regularisation of sada bainamas truthful that the process tin beryllium taken up efficaciously giving alleviation to onshore owners who had been deprived of the benefits of owning the lands.

Published - December 15, 2025 08:33 p.m. IST

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