Andhra Pradesh Orders Yearlong Revenue Overhaul, Reexamines 5.74 Lakh Freehold Acres

Overview

• Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu directed real-time auto-mutation for pattadar passbooks so landowners are not forced into repeat office visits.
• Officials said 5,28,217 grievances were logged since June 15, 2024, with 4,55,189 resolved and about 73,000 still under examination.
• The resurvey stands completed in 6,693 villages and pending in 10,123, with instructions to finish the exercise by December 2027.
• Authority to classify or remove lands as disputed will shift from Joint Collectors to Revenue Divisional Officers, with priority processing for 22-A removals covering ex-servicemen, political sufferers, freedom fighters and pre-1954 assignees.
• The Registration and Stamps Department set a Rs 10,169 crore target for 2025–26, identifying 430 real estate ventures to facilitate user-friendly registrations expected to generate Rs 250 crore.