Man from Adilabad claims of owning one-fourth of village, threatens to evict 36 families

A man from Adilabad district has come forward with a claim that he owns one-fourth of a village and is threatening 36 families to vacate the homes on this land.

The man, Boyaru Vittal has been threatening to evict the residents who have been living in the house for close to five decades.

The 36 families of Kanta received legal notices from Vittal on February 21 and got the summons from the Regional Divisional Officer (RDO) over the issue on March 3.

According to them, the land had been sold by Vittal’s grandfather, Boyaru Mahadev, to a man called Badala Rajareddy in 1966 but the land registration papers still contain Mahadev’s name.

In October 2017, during the ‘Samagra Bhu Survey’ taken up by the Telangana government, Vittal found out about the name in the registration papers during the renewal of land records.

The issue has now been escalated to the District Collector and the two parties will meet the Collector on April 3. Until the dispute is resolved, the Jainad mandal Tahsildar has registered the land as ‘Aabadhi’ (village site).