Telangana prohibited properties list available online; absence of effective search option compounds difficulties in accessing details

The webpage on Telangana Stamps and Registration Department website, which has details of prohibited properties. | Photo Credit: Screenshot of https://registration.telangana.gov.in/openProhibitedProperties.htm Distressed land owners whose properties inTelangana have been included in the prohibited list under Section 22A of the Registration Act are yet to get relief.The website of Registration & Stamps Department no doubt has list of prohibited properties (agriculture and non-agriculture) under Section 22A. But absence of suitable search option, wherein land owners can enter their name, khata number and other details to find the status of their properties, is compounding their difficulties. The link to access prohibited properties details is available on the homepage of Telangana Stamps and Registration Department website | Photo Credit: Screenshot of https://registration.telangana.gov.in/index.htm Information on Endowment and Wakf lands not uploaded yetA random search of the website of the Registration and Stamps department – registration.telangana.gov.in/ - shows that data of the lands under different sub-sections in the prohibited list like court cases and others are being displayed. But information pertaining to the endowment and wakf lands in certain mandals is not uploaded yet. “Prohibition data is under review. It will be published soon,” says the website.The development follows concerns expressed by the owners that their properties are put under the prohibited list disallowing any transactions on them without their knowledge. Owners are being informed about their properties being put in the prohibited list only when they visit the sub-registrar officer (SRO) concerned for transactions like sale, gift, mortgage and others.Toll-free numberThe government has put in place a toll free number allowing people to register their complaints against inclusion of their properties under Section 22A and the call centres received few hundreds of calls in the past one week.Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has asserted that the government is committed to protect the rights of genuine owners under any circumstances. But, it would take some time for resolving cases pertaining to bhudan and other categories of lands as cases were under different stages of adjudication by courts.How to access details of prohibited properties?People have to look for the option ‘Prohibited property’ on the Stamps and Registration’s website. Upon clicking it, a webpage will ask people to select district, mandal and village or town. The results are categories under ‘Agriculture’ and ‘Non-agriculture’. The list includes properties under 22 A (1) (a), 22 A (1) (b), 22 A (1) (c)-Waqf, 22 A (1) (c)-Endowments, 22 A (1) (d), 22 A (1) (e), Court cases & others. The sections under which prohibited properties are listed on the Telangana Registration & Stamps department website. | Photo Credit: Screenshot of https://registration.telangana.gov.in/prohibitionPublicList.htm Whom should people approach?People were asked to approach the district Collector concerned for grievances related to Section 22 A (1) (a), (b), (d). And, they were suggested to approach Waqf CEO or Endowments Commissioner for grievances pertaining to Section 22 A (1) (c). For grievances related to Section 22 A (1) (e), people have to to approach the Committee constituted for this purpose, at the office of Chief Commissioner of Land Administration (CCLA). A note mentions whom can property owners approach for grievances pertaining to properties under various sub-sections of Section 22A of Registration Act. | Photo Credit: Screenshot of https://registration.telangana.gov.in/prohibitionPublicList.htm Published - August 25, 2026 05:39 pm IST