Amangal highway land gets illegal passbooks
HYDERABAD: Land acquired for the Srisailam National Highway has been issued pattadar passbooks in parts of Ranga Reddy district, raising questions over revenue administration after the Dharani portal rollout.
Road land shown as private holdings in records
An Adangal issued in 2019 clearly shows that certain parcels fall under the highway alignment passing through Amangal village. However, pattadar passbooks were issued for this land, indicating serious irregularities in revenue records.
In Survey No. 769 of Amangal village, 2.37 acres belonged to brothers Boddupalli Yadagiri Rao, Shyam Rao and Kishan. Of this, 0.22 acres were acquired for the national highway in 1964. Later, 1.34 acres were sold to M. Narendra Reddy in 2005, and 0.21 acres to Islavath Gangya. Despite compensation already being paid for the acquired 22 guntas, passbooks were issued in 2022 under subdivisions such as 769/6/2.
The records describe the land as agricultural, while the remarks column lists it as “houses”. The passbooks have led to boundary disputes.
Irregularities spread across multiple mandals
Similar cases have surfaced along the highway stretch from Hyderabad outskirts to Kalwakurthy. Lands that do not exist on the ground are reportedly being sold, triggering disputes.
After the Dharani portal was introduced, pattadar passbooks were issued for several highway lands. Despite the launch of the Bhu Bharati portal, these entries remain uncorrected. Farmer support funds are also being credited for such lands.
In Veldanda mandal, 2.02 acres in Survey No. 50 acquired for the highway were processed for passbooks. Officials are yet to digitally sign them. It is alleged that bribes of ₹1 lakh per acre were paid.
In Kadtal mandal, land under Survey No. 658 has also been treated similarly, with the road portion reportedly sold to three individuals.
In Maheshwaram mandal’s Tukkuguda area, around 20 such cases have emerged. In one instance, a landowner who had given 1.02 acres for the road still holds 5.18 acres, but buyers of the road portion claim ownership.
Missing acquisition records raise suspicion
Land acquisition for the highway was carried out in 1964 across nearly 90 km in Maheshwaram, Kandukur, Kadtal, Amangal, Veldanda and Kalwakurthy mandals, covering over 200 acres.
However, award copies such as draft notifications and declarations are not traceable. Even applications under the Right to Information Act have not yielded records from the collectorate or Revenue Divisional Officer offices.
Officials are suspected to have suppressed documents while facilitating illegal passbook issuance, leading to allegations of corruption running into crores.
