Govt. issues orders to clear decades-old ULC issues

The government has ordered the speedy examination and disposal of pending applications under the Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) Act, including cases relating to partially regularised and unregularised colonies, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said on Sunday.

The Minister said that the decision would provide relief to applicants whose ULC-related cases had remained pending for several decades, causing difficulties in establishing rights over land and undertaking transactions.

He said the government had issued Memo No. 48062/ULC/A1/2026-1 on Sunday directing officials to examine and dispose of pending ULC applications received under G.O. Nos. 455, 456, 747 and 92. Eligible cases should be regularised after completing all procedures prescribed under the rules, he said.

The Minister said that the previous BRS government had issued an order in 2016 to address pending ULC applications, but it was not implemented, resulting in thousands of applications remaining unresolved for years.