KEK: State utilising technology for better land administration

Deputy Chief Minister (Revenue) K.E. Krishna Murthy on Saturday said his department was in the process of adopting the Continuously Operating Reference Station (CORS) technology for better accuracy of geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of both government and private lands.

Accuracy

The CORS, which will give land position with a deviation of just 20 mm from the physical attributes, is one of the several important reforms the department has rolled out in the last four years. The ‘Bhu Seva’ project under which the 11-digit unique identification numbers are given for the lands on the lines of Aadhaar is another path-breaking initiative that is intended to build a tamper-proof database, which makes land administration easy for the line departments and spares people of time and energy on getting things done at the government offices.

“Constant efforts are being made to remove any irritants in service delivery as a large number of complaints poured in because the systems are not yet fully stabilised,” he said.

Mr. Krishna Murthy was addressing the media on the occasion of completion of four years of his taking charge of the Revenue and Registration Department.

Mr. Krishna Murthy said, “CORS will give the most accurate information of land holdings than what can be achieved with the Electronic Total Stations (ETS) and Dual Global Positioning System (DGPS).”

These technologies were helpful in the implementation of the Digital India Land Records Modernisation Programme (DILRMP), under which the clients could obtain high-resolution village maps.

22 A properties

Mr. Krishna Murthy further said the government was contemplating launching a special drive to check irregularities in transactions relating to prohibited properties governed by Section 22 A of the A.P. Registration Act, 1908, as many such issues involving the mandal - level revenue officials came to its notice. The government expected the Centre to give it’s nod soon to the amendments made to the Land Acquisition Act, 2013.

The amendments were meant to pay compensation in respect of assigned lands taken over for public purposes on a par with the patta lands acquired for similar use, he said.

Mr. Krishna Murthy said the pattadar passbooks and title deeds were being given in the electronic mode in just 15 minutes, and the farmers were under no obligation to replace their physical passbooks with the ones in the electronic format.

“Necessary amendments have been made to the Registration Act, 1908, to prevent multiple registration of properties,” he added.