AP Govt removes Pulladigunta lands from prohibited list

The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to remove residential land in Pulladigunta village of Guntur district from the list of prohibited properties, paving the way for 201 families to secure full ownership rights after nearly a century.

According to the revenue department, a settlement in Pulladigunta, a hamlet of Karnepada revenue village in Vatticherukuru mandal, remained classified as ‘Thopu Poramboke’, preventing residents from getting legal rights to the land where they live despite having lived there for generations. Families have been paying property taxes, electricity bills and exercising their voting rights for a long time.

Based on the villagers’ input, Revenue, Registration and Stamps Minister Anagani Satya Prasad took up the matter with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. The new survey confirmed that houses and internal roads occupy 8.51 acres, while the area also houses a government Urdu school, Ramalayam, a mosque and 1.27 acres of vacant land.

On the recommendation of district officials, the state cabinet recently approved the reclassification of the residential portion as village land and its removal from the prohibited list, leaving vacant government land and sites of public institutions under government control. Formal orders are expected within the next few days.

The minister said the coalition government would continue to address similar long-pending revenue issues, citing earlier settlements in Shettipalli, Vatticherukuru and Kungundi villages that restored property rights to thousands of residents.

Published – 14 Jul 2026 22:48 IST