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The Hindu
10-07-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
A.P. govt. releases new Revenue Manual aimed at streamlining land laws
In a landmark step towards consolidating and simplifying the complex land laws and administrative procedures, the government on Thursday announced the successful compilation and release of a comprehensive Revenue Manual which, according to an official release, is aimed at providing a definitive, legally guided roadmap to eliminating drudgery, deviation and ignorance in implementing the laws, including the crucial aspects of settlements, assignments, land acquisition and Record of Rights. The Revenue Manual was drafted under the leadership of the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA) G. Jayalakshmi and Additional CCLA-cum-Secretary (Revenue Department) N. Prabhakara Reddy, who chaired the Revenue Manual Committee, on being instructed by the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad to do the much-needed streamlining of the land laws. Benefits The key impacts and benefits of the new Revenue Manual are consolidation of knowledge — it serves as a ready reckoner for revenue officers; enhanced clarity & simplification — it has laid down a simplified framework of legal and administrative procedures related to the land laws; improved service delivery — contains comprehensive guidelines and clear procedures that facilitate speedy and accurate delivery of the services; empowerment of functionaries — the manual equips theemployees with a legally guided roadmap that helps them avoid legal challenges and empowers them to perform their duties with greater confidence and precision; and foundation for digital transformation— it is designed as a foundational repository for future technological advancements, including the development of chatbots, FAQs, automation, and voice-based interactive solutions. Complexity The release stated that the revenue administration in Andhra Pradesh has historically been characterised by profound complexity stemming from its 19th-century origins in the British Administration of Madras Presidency. This system underwent numerous transformations over 150 years and continued to evolve rapidly post independence to align with the democratic aspirations and socialist ideals enshrined in the Constitution. This intricate backdrop was further complicated by the issuance of countless executive instructions, necessitating the integration of historical land tenurial systems with modern revenue laws, settlement laws, and all relevant executive directives. The sheer enormity and paramount nature of this task resulted in revenue functionaries being in a big state of chaos due to the fragmented and often contradictory nature of existing records and guidelines, and critical gaps in the administration, which left both the officers and citizens without a clear and coherent understanding of land laws. The Revenue Manual was brought out to address these serious challenges and establish a settled understanding of land laws.
The Hindu
04-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Issue 21 lakh new pattadar passbooks in first phase from August, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu tells Revenue officials
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that 21.86 lakh new pattadar passbooks will be issued in the first phase from August and regularisation of unobjectionable government lands completed by the end of 2025. Addressing a review meeting on the Revenue Department on Friday, Mr. Naidu ordered that due priority be accorded to solving the problems that arose during the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) regime. Besides, the re-survey should be completed by the end of 2027, he added. Mr. Naidu said 17,600 revenue grievance meetings had been organised after the coalition government was formed, and of the 1.85 lakh petitions received, 1,84,332 were resolved. Out of 1.93 lakh auto-mutation applications, 1.77 lakh were processed, and a special drive was underway to resolve the pending ones. GoM meet on July 9 The Chief Minister told the officials to explain the legal complications in land matters to the affected parties so that amicable settlements could be reached. The Group of Ministers (GoM) would meet on July 9 to discuss the regularisation of freehold lands in order to reach a final resolution by October 2025. Mr. Naidu instructed the officials to bring out a new Revenue Manual, comprising all policies and by August, and that QR codes should be printed on the pattadar passbooks. Pictures of former Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy that had been embossed on 77.90 lakh survey stones were removed. Having completed it, steps should be taken to issue new passbooks, he said. The Chief Minister asked the officials to issue succession certificates in respect of inherited lands and delegate the required powers to the officers concerned in the ward / village secretariats. If the value of such lands was up to ₹10 lakh, a sum of ₹100 should be paid to obtain the said certificate, and ₹1,000 if the value exceeded ₹10 lakh. House sites for journalists He also instructed the officials to look into the issue of sanction of house sites to journalists by duly complying with the relevant Supreme Court judgment. As on date, 99,390 applications were received for house sites, which required an allotment of 2,051 acres under the Housing-for-All scheme. As per the manifesto, two cents should be acquired per beneficiary in towns and three cents in villages. The grievances received at the revenue meetings should be audited by private teams, he said, and asked the officials to retain the surveyors in the ward / village secretariats until the re-survey was completed. The exercise to repeal the A.P. Non-Agricultural Lands Assessment Act must be completed and a report submitted to the Cabinet at the earliest, the Chief Minister said. Mr. Naidu suggested that the Revenue Department provide a visual interface on the land portal so that ownership and boundary details would be displayed clearly. This would enable the potential buyers and sellers to verify information without much hassle. Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad and Chief Commissioner of Land Administration G. Jayalakshmi were among other officials present.
