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- The Andhra Pradesh government has announced simplified rules for removing lands from the Section 22A prohibited list.
- Revenue Minister Anagani Satya Prasad said the move aims to protect landowners' rights and prevent arbitrary inclusion of private lands, with several categories like pre-1954 assignments, old unapproved layouts and conditional patta lands being removed.
- Earlier circulars have been withdrawn, Webland 2.0 will become the sole database for agricultural land records, and the government will now bear the burden of proving a property belongs to it.
- New safeguards include mandatory show-cause notices, 30 days for objections, and appeal routes through the Joint Collector to the State government.
What to watch next
- Implementation of Webland 2.0 as the sole land records database and the centralised prohibited properties registry.
- How many lands are actually removed from the 22A list under the new rules.
- Any challenges or appeals over the reclassification of categories such as temple, Waqf and gramakantam lands.
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Named India · Farmers · Landowners · Sub-registrar Offices · Anagani Satya Prasad · Andhra Pradesh Government · B.R. Ambedkar · Webland 2.0
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