Archive · 20 Sep 2026
Officials Prepare Notices Over Alleged Government Land Encroachments in Erravelli
Officials are checking whether people are using government land in Erravelli.
They focused on a parcel called Survey No.
325.
The parcel covers more than 388 acres.
Officials used special mapping equipment to mark its boundaries.
They prepared about 180 notices and issued 25 of them.
The notices ask farmers to show documents proving they have rights to the land.
Some farmers say earlier governments gave them the land many years ago.
Officials say they will study the replies before taking action.
The former chief minister’s farmhouse has not yet been surveyed.
Revenue officials drafted about 180 notices and issued 25 to alleged cultivators on government land in Survey No. 325.
Survey No. 325 covers 388 acres and five guntas in Erravelli village.
Farmers said previous governments assigned some of the land during the 1970s and 1980s.
Officials used Differential Global Positioning System technology to identify boundaries and verify possession.
Authorities said notices would be completed within 10 days, while K. Chandrashekar Rao’s farmhouse had not yet been surveyed.
- Who
- Revenue and survey officials, farmers cultivating the land, former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, and Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
- What
- Officials are identifying alleged encroachments on government land and issuing notices to cultivators.
- When
- The survey had been underway for three days; officials said notice issuance would be completed within 10 days.
- Where
- Survey No. 325 in Erravelli village, Markook mandal, Siddipet.
- Why
- The inquiry follows an Assembly announcement about alleged government-land encroachment and a protest by Dalits seeking assignment of recovered land.
Officials’ Position
Farmers’ Claims
Land status
Officials’ Position
Officials say people cultivating parts of Survey No. 325 may be occupying government land and must explain their possession.
Farmers’ Claims
Farmers say previous governments assigned the land to them, with some assignments dating to the 1970s and 1980s.
Required evidence
Officials’ Position
Authorities are asking cultivators to produce documents and say action will follow analysis of their replies.
Farmers’ Claims
Some farmers are worried because they do not have documents proving their claims.
Scope of inquiry
Officials’ Position
Officials are finalising Survey No. 325’s boundaries and say anyone occupying even one square yard of government land can receive a notice.
Farmers’ Claims
The farmhouse at the centre of the controversy had not yet been surveyed, according to the report.
- Government land area
- Survey No. 325 covers 388 acres and five guntas.
- Notices drafted
- About 180 notices had been prepared.
- Notices issued
- Twenty-five notices had been issued initially.
- Issuance pace
- Officials planned to issue about 25 notices daily.
- Mapping method
- Officials used Differential Global Positioning System technology.
- Deadline
- Siddipet Collector K. Haimavathi said the notice process would be completed within 10 days.
- Farmhouse survey
- Officials had not yet surveyed K. Chandrashekar Rao’s farmhouse.