Hyderabad: Complying with the order of Justice Jukanti Anil Kumar, the state govt on Monday informed Telangana high court that it established a special mechanism to resolve thousands of land disputes connected to the prohibited list under Section 22-A of the Stamps and Registration Act. Govt pleader (GP) for revenue Katram Muralidhar Reddy placed before the court the order issued by the state on Aug 23, 2025, through GO Ms No 98 constituting a high-level three-member official committee. Secretary to the govt and chief commissioner of land administration would be the chairman of the committee. A retired district judge, to be appointed by the state govt, would be a member, while the commissioner of survey and settlement department will be the member convenor. The GO says that the committee was empowered to examine relevant records and then pass a reasoned order either accepting or rejecting the grievance by confirming/deleting/modifying any such property from the notified list of properties.Ultimatum servedSuch orders, passed by the committee, should be binding on the state as well as on the aggrieved person. In the event of any of them being aggrieved, they should have to approach a competent court of law for redressal of their grievance, the GO said. The tenure of the committee would be three years from the date of issue of the order. “It shall meet at least once a month,” the order said. Justice Anil Kumar, whose court alone has been burdened with 5,100 cases related to the prohibited properties list last week, served an ultimatum on the chief secretary (CS) as to why the state has been consistently failing in furnishing the prohibited lists to the sub-registrars. All the 5,100 petitions were questioning the refusal of the sub-registars to register their land plots. The prohibited list and Section 22 A were being cited as reasons for refusal. The judge asked the state as to why it was keeping people in the dark when a full bench of the high court asked it 10 years ago to prepare lists and convey the same to the sub-registrars so that people would take remedial measures. “Why should they know about it only when they go to the sub-registrars for registering the documents,” the judge asked. When nothing was happening at the ground level despite repeated directions, Justice Anil Kumar directed the chief secretary to act in the matter. It was in this backdrop the GO was issued and conveyed to the high court.The judge said he wants to see the implementation of the GO. He directed the CS to instruct all the district collectors to prepare prohibited lists afresh and convey them to the relevant sub-registrars all over the state within nine weeks. The CS has to file an affidavit within 10 days. If the CS fails, he has to appear before court and explain the reasons for the failure on Sept 3.
