Section 22A: Committee to study issues of genuine owners of properties; toll free number 18005-994788 to register complaints
Telangana's Revenue Minister has established a high-level committee and a toll-free number to address grievances regarding properties wrongly listed under Section 22A of the Registration Act. The government aims to rectify administrative errors that have prevented genuine owners from conducting property transactions.
Why it matters
Addresses significant property rights issues and administrative bottlenecks affecting land owners in Telangana.
Telangana Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Monday (August 17, 2026) has cautioned the department officials against causing hardships to people in the name of regularisation of lands/properties listed under Section 22A of the Registration Act.
The State Government has constituted a high level committee to resolve issues pertaining to genuine owners of properties that were wrongfully put in the prohibited list of lands. Section 22A of the Registration Act empowers the State Government to prohibit registration of specific documents and land transfers and sub-registrar’s can refuse any sale, gift or mortgage deed for properties listed under the prohibited list.
The issue had become a cause of concern for land owners as many of them are finding their properties listed under Section 22A, thereby prohibiting them from any transactions.
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