A DRASTIC OVERHAUL
On September 7, the Telangana government announced a suspension of land registration services in the state, with immediate effect. Nearly four decades after then chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, N.T. Rama Rao, abolished the system in grassroots administration, chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is implementing a new, equally comprehensive structural change in the administration of land ownership. Among other major changes, the new system abolishes the posts of village revenue officer (VRO) and village revenue assistant (VRA). With this, about 4,800 VROs and 21,000 VRAs will cease to play a role in the management of land records in villages. While suspending registration services, the government also (village cluster) level, under the custody of tehsildars.
