Tribal farmers from Ajaypuram and Z-Jaggampeta villages in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalle district staged a protest on Saturday over alleged delays in updating Webland land records, issuing death certificates and transferring pattas to legal heirs. The protesters demanded immediate action from the revenue administration, saying unresolved applications had left families uncertain about ownership of land cultivated for generations.
The dharna was held at Z-Jaggampeta and was organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with the support of tribal leaders. The protesters sought registration of their lands in Webland, mutation of pattas in the names of legal heirs, action against revenue officials who allegedly failed to process applications and a revenue re-survey in Cheemalapadu village.
According to the protesters, the government distributed D-pattas to 1,176 beneficiaries across 14 tribal villages under the Cheemalapadu revenue limits of Ravikamatham mandal nearly 40 years ago. The beneficiaries and their descendants have continued cultivating the land, but many holdings reportedly do not appear in Webland records.
The discrepancy has become more complicated after the deaths of several original patta holders. Their heirs have applied for mutation, but the villagers said the process requires death certificates that have remained pending for months or, in some cases, years. Without the certificates and updated records, families have been unable to complete the transfer of pattas into their names.
Farmers from Z-Jaggampeta alleged that some lands cultivated by their families had either been omitted from Webland or recorded in the names of other people. They said the uncertainty over land ownership had also prevented them from accessing government benefits and other services linked to official records.
The families of Gadabari Rajababu, Kondapalli Kalyanam, Kondapalli Shankarrao, Goda Ramana and Biddha Journey Rambabu were cited by the protesters as seeking mutation of pattas after the deaths of their parents. In Ajaypuram, Vanthala Deepalu, Song Babuji and Pangi Parvathi reportedly applied for death certificates several years ago but have yet to receive them.
Addressing the gathering, CPM district executive committee member K. Govinda Rao and tribal leaders said unresolved Webland issues were affecting hundreds of tribal families. They called for immediate correction of land records, issuance of pending death certificates, transfer of pattas to legal heirs and a comprehensive re-survey of revenue lands in the area.
