Telangana to launch Dharani portal for online property registration on Dussehra
HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday announced that they will launch the ‘Dharani’ portal for online registration of properties in the state on Dussehra. The CM added that because people consider Vijayadasami as an auspicious day to start new programs and activities, he will launch the portal that day (October 25). Registration of properties was stalled across the state on September 8. It will again resume only with the launch of the much-awaited portal, billed as a one-stop source for all revenue records.
The Chief Minister directed all the officials concerned to complete all the works related to the portal by Vijayadasami. He also instructed the officials to keep the software, hardware, and bandwidth ready before the launch. The CM declared that the tahsildars, deputy tahsildars, and sub-registrars would be given the required training on the changed registration procedure for completing the mutations quickly and updating all the details online on the Dharani portal.
KCR further said that demo trails of the portal would be conducted to give hands-on training and create awareness among the officials. He told the officials to appoint one computer operator in every Mandal and at every sub-registrar office.
The CM also declared the fixed registration rates all over the state as per their survey numbers. He also added that the document writers of the Sub-registrar office will be trained and licenses will be given to them.
All the officials are asked to enter all data on all properties on the Dharani portal before Dussehra. The changes and alterations would be done regularly later. As the portal is going to be launched on Dussehra, registrations would also begin on that day.
The portal is a part of the new Revenue Act. This act came into force on September 22 after Governor Tamilisai Soundarajan gave her assent to four Revenue Bills that were passed in the state Legislature during the recent session. The legislation paved the way for landmark reforms in the revenue department in the state. It has been done by reducing the human interface for land transactions. As part of this reform, the government has scrapped the posts of village revenue officers (VROs) and village revenue assistants (VRAs). All the rights records related to land will now be maintained in electronic form in the Telangana Land Records Management System for ensuring hassle-free revenue administration.
KCR had told the state Assembly that the new Act would be for almost all land-related issues.
This Act will remove discretionary powers vested with the officials at different levels. Furthermore, it will ensure transparent and corruption-free land dealings.
Land mutation and the change of land title ownership will be an online process now. It can be done on the Dharani portal. It will allow people to access records of agricultural and non-agricultural land online.
Besides that municipal administration and urban development minister K.T. Rama Rao held a video conference with elected public representatives, colony association representatives, and officials on Saturday. They talked over pending revenue in Greater Hyderabad.
He highlighted that the government is addressing issues related to land and asset ownership rights without imposing any financial burden on people.
Around 24.5 lakh properties are estimated in Hyderabad. A few properties of these are entangled in ownership and other disputes.
“The government does not have any intention to collect any fee from people. The idea is to facilitate and address all ownership rights,” said the minister.
