Registrations Not Resumed, Land Deals Halted

With the halt of registrations of properties, a large chunk of money flow has been stopped. The real-estate sector, which is already hit for the past 6 months due to Covid-19 pandemic, suffered another setback due to the stopping of registrations. Although the government had originally planned to open the property registrations sometime this week, later the proposal has been postponed for reasons known to the government.

Uncertainty is prevailing over the registrations. Major land deals and property talks have been hit. The money circulation and rotation is badly affected. With this, even realtors are struggling to pay their vendors. Since it is a chain-link, various construction-allied industries are affected due to shortage of payments. With this, many are requesting the government to start the registrations at the earliest. There are speculations that the government may open the registrations from November 10th. However, even the officials of the Stamps & Registration department have no clue on when the registrations would be resumed.

The registration of properties and lands in all 142 sub-registrar offices have come to a halt since September 8 when the state government announced new reforms. The Telangana government has declared holidays for the Revenue department and is working on the changes and implementation of the New Revenue Act. It can be noted that the government scrapped the Village Revenue Officer (VRO) system. The new act gives agriculture land registrations power to Tahsildars at the MRO offices.