22-A land registrations get relief after NALA fee payment
Hyderabad: Revenue minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Saturday said the Telangana government had taken another step towards resolving long-pending land issues by allowing eligible registrations of patta lands that had shifted from agricultural to residential use without completing the non-agricultural land assessment (NALA) process.
The minister said a memo had been issued to district collectors, providing clear guidelines on registrations of patta lands that were originally agricultural but later came into residential use. The memo, numbered 48062/ULC/A1/2026, directs collectors to take necessary steps to complete the registration process after collecting NALA charges and other applicable government fees, subject to the prescribed rules.
The government had recognised the difficulties faced by people whose residential patta lands continued to be shown as agricultural land in revenue records because the NALA process had not been completed, he said.
Collectors have been directed to examine applications comprehensively, including revenue records, land rights and ground-level conditions, and take action according to the rules.
The minister said eligible applications should be disposed of quickly and the process completed transparently within the stipulated timeframe so that people do not have to make repeated visits to government offices. Collectors have also been asked to submit reports on implementation progress.
The decision would provide relief to common and middle-class families who have been unable to sell their own plots or obtain loans for years, he said.
At a review meeting with revenue officials on Saturday, Ponguleti directed them to continuously monitor implementation of recently issued orders to ensure that 22-A issues were resolved effectively at the field level.
Officials had a minimum responsibility to implement every decision taken by the government from the public’s perspective, he said. If officials discharged that responsibility properly, problems could be resolved quickly, he added.
Ponguleti directed officials to implement the decisions taken by the government in line with the directions of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy and in accordance with the aspirations of the people, with commitment and responsibility.
Government fast-tracks solutions to 22-A issues
Ponguleti said the government was taking steps to resolve 10 to 12 issues linked to 22-A through a fast-track process after discussing them with fellow ministers, in line with assurances given by the chief minister on the floor of the Assembly on August 16.
Within 24 hours of the chief minister’s assurance in the Assembly, a high-level committee was constituted to resolve 22-A issues, he said. Clear memos were subsequently issued in accordance with GO 118 and GO 76.
Orders had already been issued permitting registration of houses, plots and flats that were included in the 22-A list but had approvals from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), Directorate of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) and municipalities, he said.
The government had also issued clear orders to resolve Urban Land Ceiling applications that had remained pending for decades.
As part of the same process, a memo had now been issued to resolve the issue of patta lands where the NALA process had not been completed, Ponguleti said.
