After HYDRAA, Section 22A triggers fresh concerns among Telangana property owners
After the controversy over HYDRAA‘s selective demolitions, the inclusion of lands and properties under Section 22A of the Registration Act is causing anxiety among property owners, who are unable to sell their plots or flats to meet urgent financial needs. Section 22A bars the sale, transfer or mortgage of specified lands and properties.
Despite possessing valid GHMC or HMDA building permissions, occupancy certificates, property tax receipts and other documents, several apartment complexes in Hyderabad, as well as independent houses and open plots in Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Vikarabad and other districts, have reportedly been classified as prohibited category properties.
The biggest concern is that many owners are unaware that their properties have been brought under Section 22A. They discover the restriction only when they approach Sub-Registrar Offices to sell or transfer their plots or flats. Over the past few days, residents of Dilsukhnagar, Manikonda, Miyapur and several other localities have reportedly raised complaints over the issue.
In one such case, a developer obtained HMDA approval in 2022 for a residential layout spread over more than four acres in Survey No. 1247 at Shameerpet in Medchal district. However, the land was later included under Section 22A, bringing all transactions to a halt. The developer approached the District Collector, seeking denotification of the land.
The controversy surfaced after the Registration and Stamps Department, in October last year, sought details of lands and properties included in the prohibited category in a prescribed format.
District Collectors were directed to furnish the details, following which the Revenue Department submitted information that included the mandal, village or town, survey number, subdivision details, plot number, town survey number, house number, extent of land, and whether it belonged to the State or Central government.
However, in several cases, the Revenue Department reportedly shared only survey numbers without specifying plot numbers, town survey numbers or house numbers.
For example, Rangareddy district listed a survey number in Nadergul village of Balapur mandal, mentioning only the extent of land and that it fell under the jurisdiction of the Airports Authority of India. Similar entries referred to lands belonging to TGIIC, RTC, graveyards, temples, schools, hostels and government poramboke lands without identifying specific plots.
Despite possessing valid GHMC or HMDA building permissions, occupancy certificates, property tax receipts and other documents, several apartment complexes in Hyderabad, as well as independent houses and open plots in Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Vikarabad and other districts, have reportedly been classified as prohibited category properties.
The biggest concern is that many owners are unaware that their properties have been brought under Section 22A. They discover the restriction only when they approach Sub-Registrar Offices to sell or transfer their plots or flats. Over the past few days, residents of Dilsukhnagar, Manikonda, Miyapur and several other localities have reportedly raised complaints over the issue.
In one such case, a developer obtained HMDA approval in 2022 for a residential layout spread over more than four acres in Survey No. 1247 at Shameerpet in Medchal district. However, the land was later included under Section 22A, bringing all transactions to a halt. The developer approached the District Collector, seeking denotification of the land.
The controversy surfaced after the Registration and Stamps Department, in October last year, sought details of lands and properties included in the prohibited category in a prescribed format.
District Collectors were directed to furnish the details, following which the Revenue Department submitted information that included the mandal, village or town, survey number, subdivision details, plot number, town survey number, house number, extent of land, and whether it belonged to the State or Central government.
However, in several cases, the Revenue Department reportedly shared only survey numbers without specifying plot numbers, town survey numbers or house numbers.
For example, Rangareddy district listed a survey number in Nadergul village of Balapur mandal, mentioning only the extent of land and that it fell under the jurisdiction of the Airports Authority of India. Similar entries referred to lands belonging to TGIIC, RTC, graveyards, temples, schools, hostels and government poramboke lands without identifying specific plots.