Archive · 4 Oct 2026
Nunna Families Seek House-Site Pattas After Five Decades
More than 500 families in Nunna want official papers for the land where their homes stand.
Many have waited for decades.
Most residents belong to SC, ST or BC communities.
They live in huts or temporary homes because they do not have pattas or building permissions.
The land is described as tank poramboke, and authorities cite Supreme Court guidelines about it.
Residents say a government order may allow eligible families to receive pattas on certain government land.
A Revenue department survey recently assessed who might qualify, but officials have taken conflicting positions.
The families have asked MLA Yarlagadda Venkat Rao to help.
They say pattas would let them get permission to build permanent homes.
More than 500 families in Nunna have sought house-site pattas and regularisation for decades.
Residents, mostly from SC, ST and BC communities, live in huts and temporary structures without legal pattas or building permissions.
The settlements include the Narasimha Swamy Temple area, Uppara Bazar, Dhobi Colony and Siyonepuram.
Authorities cite Supreme Court guidelines for tank poramboke land, while residents say they may qualify under GO Ms. No. 615.
After a Revenue department survey, residents appealed to Gannavaram MLA Yarlagadda Venkat Rao to intervene.
- Who
- More than 500 Nunna families, predominantly from SC, ST and BC communities.
- What
- They are seeking house-site pattas and regularisation of their dwellings.
- When
- Residents say they have been seeking relief for over five decades; settlements date from the 1970s and 1990s.
- Where
- Nunna village, Vijayawada Rural mandal, in areas including Narasimha Swamy Temple area, Uppara Bazar, Dhobi Colony and Siyonepuram.
- Why
- Residents say pattas would allow them to obtain building permissions and construct permanent homes.
Residents’ position
Authorities’ position
Pattas on tank poramboke land
Residents’ position
Residents argue eligible families may receive pattas under GO Ms. No. 615, which they say provides for pattas on unobjectionable government land.
Authorities’ position
Authorities cite Supreme Court guidelines regarding tank poramboke lands as a reason residents are denied permanent construction rights.
- Families seeking relief
- More than 500
- Communities identified
- Predominantly SC, ST and BC
- Land description
- Tank poramboke
- Relevant government order cited by residents
- GO Ms. No. 615
- Recent action
- A Revenue department survey assessed eligibility
- Representative approached
- Government Whip and Gannavaram MLA Yarlagadda Venkat Rao