Telangana Assembly session LIVE Sept 16: Telangana CM says 98.31 lakh acres have to be in prohibited (properties) list

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Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy speaking in the Assembly on Wednesday (September 16, 2026)

T he monsoon session of the Telangana Assembly will resume on Wednesday (September 16, 2016), after being adjourned for three days from Sunday (September 13, 2016). The short discussion on the issues related to Section 22A of Registrations Act continued in the House.

Besides K. Sambasiva Rao, other MLAs who spoke on the issues pertaining to Section22A of Registrations Act were Vemula Veeresham, Naini Rajender Reddy, K Shanakaraiah, Naveen Yadav, Ahmed Bin Abdullah Balala and others. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy begun speaking on the issues in the afternoon.

The Chief Minister listed the extent of lands under various sub-sections of Section 22A, including assignment lands (24,63,940 acres); forest lands (around 42 lakh acres); State and Central government lands (around 29 lakh acres); lands under endowments and waqf (around 5.12 lakh acres); lands attached by various law enforcement agencies such as ED, CBI. All of this totals 98,31,320 acres.

Mr. Reddy said that nearly 98,31,320 acres have to be in the prohibited (properties) list. Not even an inch can be removed from the list. If done, it amounts to injustice to people and giving a chance to encroach forest lands, he said.

The dispute between the government and private entities is pertaining to 3,72,930 acres of private land. However, it is being claimed that one crore acres is under the prohibited properties list, he said.

On Saturday (September 12, 2016), Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy spoke at length about the properties under Section 22A.

A short discussion on the effects of El Niño and remedial measures too is scheduled for today.

The subjects on which questions may be asked in the House include career guidance cells for minority students, improvement of public transport in the CURE region and expansion of horticulture crops in the State.

Listing out the 12 issues identified by the government, Telangana Chief Minister explained proposed remedial measures:

While 50% of Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) lands were regularised, the rest were not. The Chief Minister said that guidelines on the regularisation will be issued soon, which will be applicable to pending and new applications. Land regularisation and registration will be taken up simultaneously.

The Chief Minister said that in case of layouts approved by competent authority, pending registrations will be examined. Measures for their regularization will be introduced soon.

A district high-level committee will be set up. All pending Applications will be examined comprehensively and move towards resolving them.