Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Section 22-A Prohibited Land List Shrinks by 47,440 Acres
The government keeps a list of land that cannot easily be transferred or registered.
Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said this list became smaller by 47,440 acres.
Before December 7, 2023, it covered more than 1.02 crore acres.
By August 31, it covered 1,02,05,250 acres.
About 23,000 acres were taken off the list using the TM15 system.
Officials said those acres had been recorded incorrectly.
Other land was removed under earlier government orders, memos and regularisation orders.
The minister said the work was meant to fix old mistakes rather than add new land to the prohibited list.
Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said the Section 22-A list fell by 47,440 acres.
The list covered 1,02,52,690 acres before December 7, 2023.
As of August 31, the list covered 1,02,05,250 acres.
About 23,000 acres were removed through the TM15 module after incorrect recording was identified.
The government attributed the reduction mainly to correcting legacy land classifications and updating records.
- Who
- Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and the government.
- What
- The Section 22-A prohibited land list decreased by 47,440 acres.
- When
- The comparison is between the position before December 7, 2023, and the figures as of August 31; the matter was discussed in the Assembly on Saturday.
- Where
- In the Assembly, with the report datelined Hyderabad.
- Why
- The government said the reduction resulted mainly from correcting earlier land classifications and removing incorrectly recorded or previously regularised land.
- Earlier list size
- 1,02,52,690 acres before December 7, 2023
- Latest list size
- 1,02,05,250 acres as of August 31
- Total reduction
- 47,440 acres
- Earlier government land
- 96,61,026 acres
- Earlier private land
- 3,95,852 acres
- TM15 removals
- Around 23,000 acres
- Latest duplicate area
- 1,44,134 acres