Amaravati, Dec 9 (NationPress) The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu, has mandated a comprehensive reform of the revenue system within the next year and instructed officials to streamline revenue services.

He emphasized the need for the real-time implementation of the auto-mutation system for 'pattadar' passbooks.

During a review session on Revenue services held at the Secretariat, the Chief Minister highlighted that landowners should not be required to visit government offices multiple times for their pattadar passbooks.

The officials reported to him that 1,97,915 complaints regarding mutation and pattadar passbooks had been logged under the Public Grievance Redressal System (PGPRS). Out of these, 1,00,835 complaints pertained to land classification and nature disputes, while 1,00,295 applications were submitted post-resurvey requesting reduced land extent, and 2,40,479 complaints were related to Joint Land Parcel Maps (LPMs).

The Chief Minister was informed that the resurvey had been completed in 6,693 villages, with 10,123 villages yet to be addressed, and he mandated that the entire resurvey process must be finalized by December 2027.

He stressed the importance of quickly resolving LPM disputes, asserting that the issuance of Encumbrance Certificates (ECs) would be simplified once land information is stored in an online database. Applications for removing lands from the 22-A prohibited list should be processed without delay, he urged.

The Chief Minister called for extreme caution when handling 22-A freehold lands. He proposed the adoption of a robust system such as blockchain technology to prevent any tampering with land records and insisted that all land details be made transparent and accessible online to mitigate disputes.

Previously, Joint Collectors had the authority to classify or remove lands as “disputed,” but the Chief Minister directed that this authority should now lie with the Revenue Divisional Officers (RDOs). He also ordered the prompt removal of dotted lands from the 22-A list. Assigned lands mortgaged with primary cooperative societies up to 1999 must also be excluded from the 22-A list. Furthermore, the Chief Minister instructed that barren lands with pre-1954 sale deeds in the Register of Holdings should be eliminated from 22-A.

He mentioned that assigned lands within municipal boundaries should be regularized based on the Ministers’ Committee recommendations—plots measuring up to 250 square yards should be regularized at fifty percent of the base value. Assigned lands used for aquaculture are to be regularized at the Sub-Registrar value.

The Chief Minister stated that a system needs to be established to ensure that students completing Class 10 receive their caste certificates promptly. Income certificates should be issued based on data integrated with RTGS. He noted that the revenue target stands at Rs 10,169 crore and instructed the officials to update land values in line with market trends.

According to the officials, the Revenue Department has addressed 5,28,217 grievances, with 4,55,189 resolved over the past six months. Approximately 73,000 grievances are still under review.

When officials reported that since June 2024, 6,846 applications have been submitted for removing land details from the 22-A list, the Chief Minister ordered that lands belonging to ex-servicemen, political sufferers, freedom fighters, and those holding pre-1954 assigned lands should be removed from this list.

Revenue Minister Anagani Satyaprasad, Special Chief Secretary (Revenue) Sai Prasad, and CCLA officials were present during the review meeting.