Overview
- This week the Revenue Minister apologised and the Chief Minister ordered fast verification after owners found their homes and plots blocked from sale, mortgage or registration.
- Officials say the error happened when the state moved records to a new Bhu Bharati portal in April and uploaded old prohibited lists without including court orders that had cleared many properties.
- The mistake has left hundreds of owners seeking fixes through a new toll‑free helpline and 757 regularisation applications reported in four districts while roughly 6,000 legal challenges over Section 22A listings are pending in the High Court.
- Opposition parties have mobilised legal aid, held protests and demanded a white paper, ministerial resignations and CID/CBI/ED or Lokayukta probes amid allegations that some officials or intermediaries sought payments to delist properties.
- The Telangana High Court has ordered publication of a revised, verified prohibited list and the government says a high‑level committee will clear genuine private lands quickly, a process that will determine both remedies for owners and any further inquiries.