In a major relief to the middle and lower-middle classes, the Telangana government has decided to regularise unapproved layouts.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy (centre) in a meeting with government officials on Monday, 26 February, 2024. (Supplied)
In a review meeting chaired by Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, officials pointed to pending dues from Union government as reason for revenue shortfall. Officials informed Revanth Reddy that ₹4,000 crore in GST compensation dues were yet to be released by the Union government to Telangana.
Incidentally, Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana was the only ruling dispensation among all Southern state governments that did not join the chorus for fiscal federalism and South tax movement recently. While Karnataka and Kerala staged a protest in Delhi, Tamil Nadu showed solidarity and Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy too spoke about fiscal injustice in the state legislative assembly.
In a major relief to the middle and lower-middle classes, the Telangana government has decided to regularise unapproved layouts.
The decision is expected to benefit about 20 lakh people. The deadline for applying for regularisation is 31 March.
The Layout Regularisation Scheme of 2020, under which one could regularise one’s unauthorised plots, is however not applicable to endowments, Wakf lands, and lands under litigation in court.
The layouts that can be regularised are those parcels of land that were subdivided into plots without permission from the competent authority — such as municipal corporations, municipalities, urban development authorities, metropolitan development authorities, and the director of town and country planning, as the case may be.
The unauthorised illegal layouts would also include tentative layouts approved by the municipal corporation, municipalities, urban development authorities, and metropolitan development authorities where plots were sold without obtaining final layout approval.
Gram Panchayat layouts created without prior approval from the director of town and country planning, urban development authorities, and metropolitan development authority can also be regularised.
2020 ఎల్ఆర్ఎస్ ప్రక్రియ వేగవంతం
మున్సిపల్, రిజిస్ట్రేషన్ల శాఖలకు ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ @Revanth_Anumula ఆదేశాలు
2020 భూముల క్రమబద్దీకరణ (లే అవుట్ రెగ్యులరైజేషన్ స్కీమ్) దరఖాస్తులపై రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం కీలక నిర్ణయం తీసుకుంది. లక్షలాది మంది దిగువ, మధ్య తరగతి కుటుంబాలకు మేలు చేసే…
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) February 26, 2024
Meanwhile, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, at a review at the state secretariat on Monday, 26 February, asked officials to augment revenues for the state by collecting taxes effectively.
The chief minister said that the officials also should check the smuggling of non-duty-paid liquor into the state and curb irregularities due to illegal mining and transportation of sand.
Revanth also asked the officials to collect fines that were imposed by the Mines Department on companies in the past and transfer out the officials who have been in the same positions and places for years.
The chief minister was categorical that the officials should act with an iron hand on the smuggling of non-duty-paid liquor into Telangana. He also wondered why the figures were not adding up in the supply and sale of liquor in the state.
He asked them to set up CCTV cameras at every liquor outlet and track the vehicles transporting liquor with GPS trackers.
He said waybills were a must for vehicles that transported liquor.
He also wanted reports submitted on the progress of the investigation of the cases registered earlier in connection with irregularities in the supply and sale of liquor.
నిర్దేశిత ల‌క్ష్యం మేర‌కు ప‌న్ను వ‌సూలు సాధించాలి…
➡️ నాన్‌డ్యూటీ పెయిడ్ లిక్క‌ర్ ర‌వాణా అరిక‌ట్టాలి
➡️ వాణిజ్య ప‌న్నులు, రిజిస్ట్రేష‌న్ శాఖకు సొంత భ‌వ‌నాలు ఉండాలి
➡️ స‌మ‌గ్ర‌మైన ఇసుక విధానంతో అక్ర‌మాల‌ను అడ్డుకోవాలి
➡️ గ‌నుల శాఖ విధించిన జ‌రిమానాలు వ‌సూలు చేయాలి
➡️ ఏళ్లుగా… pic.twitter.com/h7ZEU9iXVE— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) February 26, 2024
The chief minister said he found out that there was a huge gap between the target and the actual realisation of commercial taxes.
The officials informed him that the state was to get ₹4,000 crore from the Centre as GST compensation, but the amount did not come, which led to a shortfall in revenue.
Turning his attention to the requirements of the revenue generation departments, he ordered that they should have buildings of their own and called for proposals to be submitted immediately.
He directed the officials to shift to the empty government buildings in Hyderabad and elsewhere in the state for the time being.
The chief minister said that there was a need to frame a new policy for the sale of sand. He added that the vehicles that transport sand should have GPS trackers, and each one should invariably have waybills.
Revanth asked the official not to allow the illegal transport of sand under any circumstances. He asked the officials to collect the fines imposed on those who were in the business of quarrying.
He also recalled the imposition of huge fines and wanted the officials to collect them immediately.
The chief minister also demanded an explanation from the officials on why the fines imposed on some quarries had later been reduced.
He directed that some officials who had been continuing in their posts for years be shifted immediately.
Those who attended the review meeting included Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramraka, Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, and Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari.
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