Speed up handover of title deeds: CM YS Jagan

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to expedite the distribution of permanent title deeds to the beneficiaries in 2,000 villages where the first phase of land resurvey has been completed under the YSR Jagananna Saswatha Bhu Hakku-Bhu Raksha Scheme.

Taking stock of the distribution of title deeds during a review of the scheme on Monday, the Chief Minister instructed the officials to complete the distribution of title deeds by January.

Responding to the action plan outlined by the officials to take up the survey in 2,000 villages under the second phase and complete the distribution of title deeds by February 15, he told them to recruit necessary staff in more than 15,000 village and ward secretariats by taking the village secretariat as a unit. The resurvey, taken up after 100 years, should be foolproof and of high standards as the task is going on like a 'maha yagnam' and bound to re-write the history. He suggested that, after handing over the title deeds, individual letters be written to all beneficiaries explaining how they are benefited while getting relief from the complex land disputes and court cases arising out of Section 22-A of Registrations Act. While stressing the need to speed up the survey to find a permanent solution to land owners who suffered from various litigations, he directed the geology and mining department to increase production of survey stones at their units and make them ready my March.

Earlier, officials told the Chief Minister that permanent title deeds were handed over to 7.29 lakh persons in 2,000 villages in 4.3 lakh sub-divisions under the first phase that witnessed two lakh mutations and 92,000 first time entries and solved 19,000 land disputes besides saving Rs 37.57crores of people's money.

He was also informed that arrangements have been made to complete the survey by July 2023 in 4,119 ward secretariats spread across 123 corporations and municipalities in the urban areas of the state.

Deputy Chief Minister (panchayat raj and rural development) Budi Mutyala Naidu, chief secretary Dr K S Jawahar Reddy, principal advisor to CM Ajeya Kallam, chief commissioner (land administration) G Sai Prasad, principal secretary (panchayat raj and rural development) Gopala Krishna Dwivedi, finance secretary K V V Satyanarayana, commissioner (survey settlements and land records) Siddharth Jain, panchayat raj commissioner Kona Sasidhar, CCLA secretary A A Imtiaz, municipal administration director Pravin Kumar, director of mines and geology V G Venkata Reddy were among those present.