The Siddipet district administration is examining replies from landowners accused of encroaching on government land in Survey No. 325 at Erravelli, where the farmhouse of former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is located. Officials have issued 180 notices and are scheduled to conduct an enjoyment survey of the land on September 21.
Revenue records, known as sethwar records, identify 388.05 acres in Survey No. 325 of Erravelli in Markook mandal as ‘gairan’ government land. The survey follows a directive from Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, with officials instructed to recover encroached land and hand it over to Dalit community families.
The district administration had directed pattadars and cultivators to remain present at their agricultural plots during the survey. Landowners have been asked to submit documents supporting their claims over the parcels. Some cultivators had already brought pattadar passbooks while receiving the notices, according to the report.
A senior officer told Deccan Chronicle that officials would consider the records submitted by cultivators. “If the cultivators submit records of the land, the officials will consider them,” the officer said.
The proceedings were issued under the Survey and Boundaries Act, 1923. Siddipet district survey and land records officials issued proceedings A1/516/2026 dated September 17, 2026, for the enjoyment survey. The exercise is intended to establish who is occupying or cultivating the land and whether those claims are supported by official records.
Siddipet district collector K. Haimavathi directed officials to identify encroachers on the government land. Before issuing the notices, officials completed a Differential Global Positioning System survey and identified the boundaries of the government land in Erravelli.
The current process involves two linked stages: identifying the boundaries recorded as government property and examining documents submitted by people using or claiming the land. The administration’s stated next step is to determine which portions have been encroached upon and recover them for allocation to Dalit community families.
The survey also places renewed focus on the role of land records in resolving competing claims over agricultural property. Officials have not yet announced the findings of the enjoyment survey or specified the parcels that may ultimately be recovered. The district administration is expected to proceed with the examination of landowners’ replies and the on-ground survey on September 21.
