A three-day survey by revenue officials has reportedly traced at least 10 acres of assigned land within the surroundings of former Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s farmhouse at Erravelli in Siddipet district, while also identifying questions over a water source and land records in the area.
The preliminary findings, reported by Deccan Chronicle, indicate that assigned land was used to create a water source that mainly serves the farmhouse. The survey also reportedly found large parcels of assigned land in the possession of people from non-Dalit communities.
Assigned land is distributed by the government to landless beneficiaries and is intended to support vulnerable households. According to sources cited in the report, the Telangana government is considering recovering assigned land held by non-Dalits and redistributing it among genuine beneficiaries, including landless Dalit families.
The exact extent of assigned land within the farmhouse remains unsettled. A senior revenue official told Deccan Chronicle that current records may differ from earlier records, which the official alleged were altered during the previous BRS government’s introduction of the Dharani land records portal. The official also said that survey numbers and land records overlap between Erravelli and neighbouring Sivaru Venkatapur village.
The survey’s final assessment will therefore depend on correcting the overlap and comparing current records with older documents. The official said that at least 10 acres had been traced so far, but added that the actual extent could change after the records are rectified.
Villagers from Sivaru Venkatapuram have approached Markook mandal tahsildar Saritha with land records and long-used maps, known locally as Naksha. They alleged that land records had been changed to suit the interests of the previous government. These claims were reported as part of the ongoing revenue review and have not been independently established in the supplied report.
The inquiry also covers the Panduranga reservoir, which reportedly caters mainly to Chandrashekar Rao’s land. The government is expected to reassess the reservoir’s utility and limit its use to the actual requirement, according to sources cited by Deccan Chronicle. Farmers whose assigned holdings were taken for the reservoir told officials that they had not received alternative land, despite promises attributed to Chandrashekar Rao.
Revenue department sources said the administration would first identify non-Dalits occupying assigned land in contentious Survey No. 325 and take steps to evict them. Officials also plan to compare the land originally allotted to Dalit farmers with their current possession before deciding whether excess land can be redistributed to other landless Dalit families.
The next stages are the correction of overlapping survey records, verification of historical land allotments and a determination of the final extent of assigned land connected to the farmhouse and reservoir.
