BRIEF NOTE ON ULC LANDS REGULARIZATION

HISTORY:-

➢ Act No.15 of 1999 :

✓ The Urban Land (Ceiling & Regulation) Act, 1976 was repealed by Government of India vide
Act No. 15 of 1999 with effect from 22-03-99.
➢ G.O. Ms. No.455 Revenue (UC- II) Department dated: 29-07-2002 :
✓ After repeal of the Act, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, have issued policy guidelines
vide G.O. Ms. No.455 Revenue (UC- II) Department dated: 29-07-2002 for the purpose of
regularization of surplus land which is under occupation/ possession by the third parties on
payment of amount basing on the area and extent of possession.

➢ G.O. Ms. No.456 Revenue (UC-II) Department dated 29-07-2002 :

✓ Likewise, G.O. Ms. No.456 issued for the purpose of regularization of surplus land which is
under occupation of land owners.
➢ The Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Repeal Act, 1999 came into force in Andhra Pradesh State
with effect from 27-3-2008.

➢ As per the Repeal Act, the repeal of the Principal Act shall not effect the vesting of any vacant land
under 10(3) (i.e., Declaration of Surplus land), possession of which has been taken over by the
Government or any authorized person or competent authority etc.,
➢ Accordingly, the Govt. vide Memo No.17377 UC-1/2008 Dt.24.04.2008 has clarified that only cases
in which possession of surplus land taken by the Government u/s 10 (6) will be saved. In all cases,
where orders under 10(6) of the Act are not passed, shall be abated.

➢ G.O.Ms.No.747 Revenue (UC.I) Department dated: 18-6-2008 :

✓ Subsequently, the Government have decided to re-issue the scheme with certain
modifications for allotment of excess lands which were vested with Government and
possession taken under Section10(6) of Act (i.e., Orders to take possession of surplus land, if
not surrendered as per 10 (5) notice issued to declarants) to the land owners / declarants /
third parties in occupation and accordingly issued orders vide G.O.Ms.No.747 Revenue
(UC.I) Department dated: 18-6-2008.

✓ The allotment shall be considered where the excess land already vested with the Government
under Section10(3) and possession of which has been taken over by the Government
✓ These orders shall not apply to the cases where allotment of land has already been made by
the Government prior to these orders and decided to be retained by the Government for public
purpose.
✓ The allotment shall be subject to payment of amount to the Government at the rates indicated
separately for each agglomeration.
➢ As per interest of the public, the Government have extended the time for filing applications under the
GO.Ms.No.747 beyond 30.11.2008 until further orders. But orders were not received to clarify
whether GO.Ms.No.747 is in force or not.
✓ Therefore, 203 regularization cases were pending for regularization under
GO.Ms.No.455/456/747.
REVISED GUIDELINES:

➢ G.O. Ms. No.36 Revenue (UC- I) Department dated: 31.01.2022 :

✓ The Government issued orders in G.O. Ms. No.36 Revenue (UC- I) Department dated:
31.01.2022 extending the scheme issued in GO.Ms.No.747 with certain modifications for
allotment of excess lands which are already under occupation of 3rd parties and declarants in
core and peripheral areas subject to payment of 1.5 times of present basic value of land. Last
date for receipt of applications under this scheme was 30.03.2022.

✓ Applications filed for allotment of excess lands to the 3rd parties shall be examined with
connected record and the report of Tahsildar/Surveyor/RDO/Sub-Collector and decide its
eligibility present basic value of the land involved, by the District Level Scrutiny
Committee headed by the District Collector as Chairman, Joint Collector & CA, ULC as
Member/Convener and Sub-Collector/Revenue Divisional Officer, Asst.Director, S&LRs,
District Registrar as members and recommend the same to the Government through CCLA.
➢ As per the instructions of the CCLA’s office, the Joint Collector & Competent Authority of ULC,
Visakhapatnam has furnished the following information to CCLA;

Sl. Name of the Urban No. of 3rd party Extent Approximate No. of
No Agglomeration Occupants / Declarants (Hectares) amount (Rs. In Notices
Crores) served
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Visakhapatnam 3024 86.1061 6138 1646

Extent No. of notices to Extent No. of applications Amount collected

(Hectares) be served (Hectares) filed for allotment (Rs. In crores)
7 8 9 10 11
35.9265 1378 49.0019 0 0

➢ The CCLA has requested to find out the reasons for not receiving single application out of 3024 of
3rd party occupants/declarants under said GO.
➢ Latest G.O.Ms.No.84, Revenue ( Lands-VI) Dept., dt.24.02.2023 :
✓ For improvement of the scheme, the Govt of AP has issued the above GO amending
Go.Ms.No.36.
• The salient features of the amendment are as follows;
❖ Only cases where 10(6) orders were passed and possession has been taken over shall
be covered under these orders.
❖ The cost of regularization / allotment shall stand revised as follows;
Extent in Sq.yds Cost of allotment
Upto 150 Sq.yds D-patta to be given free of cost to all eligible persons irrespective of BPL/APL
Category
150 to 300 Sq.yds 15 % of Basic value may be collected irrespective of BPL/APL Category
300 to 500 Sq.yds 30 % of Basic value may be collected irrespective of BPL/APL Category
More than 500 Sq.yds 100 % of Basic value may be collected irrespective of BPL/APL Category
(a) Conveyance deed shall be executed in favour of eligible beneficiaries.
(b) Alienable rights shall be vested with beneficiaries 10 years after date of grant
of pattas.
❖ The cut of date of eligible registered documents is changed from 27.03.2008 to
01.05.2019.
❖ The last date for receipt of applications shall be 31.12.2023.
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