Hyderabad: Chief minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday held a high-level review meeting with ministers and senior officials to discuss the ongoing controversies surrounding Section 22A prohibited lands in the state.
He directed officials to ensure that genuine private property owners and ordinary citizens do not face injustice or harassment due to registration restrictions.
In reality, only around two lakh applications have been submitted by private property owners regarding the issue, while the rest comprise various categories of govt land listed under the prohibited category,” a source said. Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, IT and Industries minister D Sridhar Babu, Energy minister G Vivek and Health minister Damodar Rajanarasimha attended the meeting. The high-level briefing was part of the govt’s preparations for the ongoing monsoon session of the assembly. Revanth met ministers and revenue officials to formulate a course of action regarding lands listed under Section 22A of the prohibited properties list.
It was decided to place the facts before the public from the floor of the House and expose the BRS’s alleged misleading campaign that one crore acres had been brought under Section 22A. “The chief minister will speak on the Section 22A lands issue in the assembly on Wednesday. The govt has extended the session to enable the CM to make a detailed statement on the Section 22A land issue in the House on Wednesday.
The CM also expressed suspicion that certain opposition elements were attempting to use the controversy to facilitate the removal of encroached or illegally occupied lands from the prohibited list. He directed officials to compile comprehensive data on Section 22A lands across all districts and analyse entries made during both the current and previous administrations.