In a historic decision, the Telangana State Legislative Assembly on Friday unanimously passed the new Revenue Bills paving the way for reforms in land administration and registration in the State. The Bills – the Telangana Rights in Land and Pattadar Passbooks Bill 2020, the Telangana Abolition of the Posts of Village Revenue Officers Bill 2020, the Telangana Municipal Laws Amendment Bill 2020 and the Telangana Panchayat Raj Amendment Bill 2020, were passed without any changes after deliberations for over five hours.
“These bills are only the first step in ushering revenue reforms in the State. Though providing conclusive titles to land owners could put an end to land disputes in the State, we still have a long way to go to establish complete reforms which will require enactment of some more laws and abolition of others,” Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said, replying to issues raised by legislators during the discussion on the Bills.
Reiterating that the State government was neither abolishing the old Revenue Acts nor was it superceding them with the launch of Dharani portal, Chandrashekhar Rao said: “We had about 160 to 170 laws in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh which were brought down to 87 in Telangana State after repealing old and irrelavant Acts. Now, the Dharani website will be used as a tool to reduce corruption and improve transparency. This is not the only solution to end all our woes,” he clarified, adding that the new Revenue Act will be a collection of various laws. TT
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