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Telangana govt actively considering upward revision of land values: Revenue Minister

Minister says applicants will have to pay full fee for applications after the deadline

Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has said that the discount of 25% under the Layout Regularisation Scheme (LRS) will be valid for applications submitted before March 31.

Applicants who do not submit their papers before March end will have to pay 100% fee if they apply for permissions after the March 31 deadline. The ongoing LRS scheme is receiving an enthusiastic response and the government has not decided to extend the deadline so far.

Steps have been taken to ensure that no applications are left out once the payment of the stipulated fee is made and the Municipal Administration department will issue a regularisation certificate after the process is complete, he said in an informal chat with reporters on Monday.

He said the government was not averse to initiating action against sub registrars found guilty of dereliction of duties and a few of them had already been suspended from duties. Survey details were mandatory for registration of land and the government was firm on conducting survey for the eligible beneficiaries in need.

Hike in Land Value

The Minister replied in the affirmative about the implementation of the Bhu Bharati Act, replacing the previous Act put in place by the BRS government. He said the implementation of the new legislation would entail enhancement of registration charges in the coming days. Simultaneously, the government was actively considering upward revision of land values soon.Steps were also afoot to appoint surveyor and deputy surveyor in every mandal besides giving opportunities to licenced surveyors. Accordingly, it was proposed to train 6,000 licenced surveyors across the State. To a question, he said survey of the land would be taken up if the purchaser/buyer makes a request for it and a provision in this direction had been incorporated in the Act.

Sanctioned Posts

He said the government had recently sanctioned 10,956 posts to restore revenue administration at the village level. Village revenue officers and village revenue assistants of the past with intermediate qualification would be eligible for the posts. The government had no plans to receive fresh applications for regularisation of sada bainamas, he said adding that the previous government had rejected 13 lakh applications submitted for regularisation in the past. “Those against the government’s decision can approach the Appellate authority for remedy,” he said.