Overview
- State officials started handing out about 22 lakh new passbooks on January 2 in villages where the land resurvey is complete, with distribution scheduled through January 9.
- A government order removed five categories from Section 22-A, including private patta lands and allotments to defence personnel, freedom fighters and political victims, with directions for suo motu deletion where applications are received.
- Revenue staff were told to accept any one recognised record—such as 10(1) registers, adangals, assignment registers, DR files, Record of Holdings, registration documents, 8-A registers or DKT pattas—and not demand extra paperwork.
- Where only part of a survey number is disputed, authorities will subdivide it so only the contested portion remains on the prohibited list.
- Decisions on four remaining categories await Group of Ministers discussions, the resurvey is targeted for completion within one year, and industry group CREDAI welcomed the changes as expanding usable land banks.