Hyderabad: The Telangana government said it would resolve Pending Sadabainama applications that had remained stuck since 2020 at the earliest, with Revenue, Housing and Information and Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy announcing procedural relief in the Legislative Council.
Replying to a question raised by member Nellikanti Sathyam, the minister said the previous government had accepted Sadabainama applications. However, he said the 2020 Record of Rights Act did not provide any route for their disposal. Therefore, the applications remained pending.
The minister said the government had reviewed field-level problems linked to Sadabainama cases. He said officials found that the earlier rule requiring affidavits from both the buyer and the seller created difficulties. As a result, the government decided to take an affidavit only from the buyer from now on. He said the state had issued G.O. 76 to implement this change.
He said the revised rule would benefit more than nine lakh applicants whose cases were pending across the state. Moreover, he described the order as a major relief for people waiting for regularisation of such land transactions.
Pending Sadabainama applications get GO 76 relief
The minister also spoke about the land survey exercise in villages that did not have maps. He said 413 villages fell in this category. So far, he said, the government had conducted a pilot re-survey in five villages.
During this exercise, the government assigned a unique “Bhoodhar” number to each survey number, much like an Aadhaar number. He said the government would soon begin land surveys in 32 districts, excluding Hyderabad. In each district, surveys would cover 70 villages in the next phase.
He said the government would issue Bhoodhar numbers in phases. According to him, this would help provide a permanent solution to recurring land disputes and land record problems. He said the exercise was part of a broader effort to strengthen land administration.
Pending Sadabainama applications amid Dharani fraud probe
The minister also flagged alleged misuse of loopholes in the Dharani portal. He said some people, acting in collusion with certain Mee Seva operators, had siphoned off Rs 3.99 crore in government money. Therefore, the government had ordered an inquiry through a high-level committee.
He said the government would recover the money from those responsible. He also warned that officials would not be spared if their role emerged in the case, regardless of rank. Besides, he said the government would take action at every level if wrongdoing was established.
The minister further announced that the “Bhu Bharati” portal would be made fully available by the end of April. He said the portal would support the state’s wider land reforms and improve the handling of land-related issues. Meanwhile, the government maintained that faster disposal of Pending Sadabainama applications remained a priority.