Telangana has cleared the registration of properties listed under Section 22-A when they have valid layout, building or apartment approvals from competent government authorities, offering relief to owners whose houses, flats and plots remained blocked despite statutory permissions.
Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy announced the decision on Thursday, saying properties covered under the prohibited category could be considered for registration if they had approvals from agencies such as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, Directorate of Town and Country Planning, municipal bodies or other urban and rural local authorities.
The move is expected to benefit thousands of owners, particularly in the CURE area, who have faced prolonged difficulties in registering properties and completing transactions. Many affected owners had obtained approvals from government agencies but continued to find their properties listed under Section 22-A, which restricts registration of land and properties identified in government records as prohibited.
Under the process outlined by the government, applicants will have to submit at least one valid link document relating to a transaction registered after the relevant layout, building or apartment approval was granted. The requirement is intended to help authorities establish the transaction history and connect the approved property to its registered records.
The government has also constituted district-level committees to examine applications and resolve issues arising during registration. The committees will include the district collector, the additional collector in charge of local bodies, and representatives from HMDA, the concerned municipal authorities or other local bodies. Each case will be reviewed based on land records, statutory approvals, legal status and other relevant factors.
The minister said the government would not treat all Section 22-A properties uniformly. Only cases meeting the prescribed conditions would be considered for relief through the proposed fast-track mechanism. This means the announcement creates an examination and clearance process rather than an automatic removal of every property from the prohibited list.
The decision follows Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy’s assurance in the Telangana Assembly that pending land-related disputes would be addressed on priority. Section 22-A-related complaints have forced property owners to make repeated visits to government offices and, in some cases, pursue legal remedies to resolve registration blocks.
Srinivas Reddy also referred to other measures taken by the government, including a memo aligned with GO 118 to address house regularisation issues in nearly 64 colonies in Rangareddy and Medchal-Malkajgiri districts. He also cited GO 76, which seeks to settle long-pending housing issues involving Singareni workers.
The district committees will now examine eligible applications and determine whether the supporting land records, approvals and link documents satisfy the conditions for registration. The implementation of that case-by-case process will determine how quickly affected owners can obtain relief.
