House Sites GO No 367
House Sites GO No 367
House Sites GO No 367
ABSTRACT
House Sites – “NAVARATALU – PEDALANDARIKI ILLU” - Distribution of 25 lakh
House sites / Housing Units – Implementation of Programme - Policy Guidelines –
Issued.
REVENUE (ASSIGNMENT-I) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.367 Dated.19-08-2019
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SECTION OFFICER
ANNEXURE
(to G.O.Ms.No.367, Revenue (Assignment-I) Department, dated.19-08-2019)
1. OBJECTIVE:
To provide a House Site Patta to the Homeless Poor People in Rural/ Urban
areas in order to facilitate the construction of a Pucca House under the flagship
programme “Navaratnalu – Pedalandariki Illu.”
3. House Site Pattas shall be issued with the conditions laid down in BSO-21 & in
terms of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977 (As
amended from time to time).
4. All individual plots shall be given a Unique Number similar to the 11-digit Bhoodhar
Number.
5. ELIGIBILITY: The following eligibility conditions are to be strictly adhered to for
identification of eligible beneficiaries.
A) Rural Area:
i. The beneficiary shall belong to the identified Below Poverty Line (BPL)
category household having white ration card.
ii. The beneficiary shall not have an own House/House Site anywhere in the
State of Andhra Pradesh.
iii. The Beneficiary shall not have been covered in any previous Housing
Scheme of the State/Central Government.
iv. The Beneficiary shall not have more than Ac.2.5 cts of Wet Land or Ac.5.00
cts of Dry Land.
v. The beneficiary shall possess an valid Aadhaar Card. Aadhaar details shall
be collected only with the consent of beneficiary.
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B) Urban Area:
i. The beneficiary shall not have an Own House/House Site anywhere in the
State of Andhra Pradesh.
ii. The beneficiary shall not have been covered in any previous Housing
Scheme of the State/Central Government.
iii. The beneficiary shall not have more than Ac.2.5 cts of Wet Land or Ac.5.00
cts of Dry Land.
iv. The Annual Income (from all the sources) of the Household should not
exceed Rs.3,00,000/- (Rupees three lakhs only).
v. The beneficiary shall possess an valid Aadhaar Card. Aadhaar details shall
be collected only with the consent of beneficiary.
6. METHOD OF SELECTION:
a) The Applications shall be invited at Village/Ward Level considering
village/town as a unit respectively.
b) All applications shall be enquired by the Village/Ward Volunteers for
adherence to the eligibility conditions.
c) The draft List of identified eligible beneficiaries shall be published at
Village/Ward Secretariat calling for further claims & objections.
d) Grama/Ward Sabha shall be conducted to finalise the list of beneficiaries
duly redressing the claims & objections.
e) The final list of beneficiaries shall be submitted for approval of the District
Collector by the Tahsildars and Municipal Commissioners in the Rural and
Urban areas respectively.
f) The final list of beneficiaries approved by the District Collector shall be
published in the respective Village/Ward Secretariat.
g) In case of any further claims or objections, the Tahsildar/Municipal
Commissioner shall function as the redressal officer duly taking approval
from the District Collector.
7. IDENTIFICATION OF LANDS:
The District Collectors shall identify:
a) All available Government lands,
b) Lands under the possession of Government institutions/ corporations and
other Government bodies which are far beyond their requirement,
considering that the said lands are suitable for providing house sites shall be
resumed as per procedure,
c) Land parcels falling under category of Ceiling Surplus lands, Inam lands,
Estate Lands and LTR lands involved in minor litigations which can be
resolved & resumed within few months,
d) Lands available in the industrial parks developed by APIIC which are suitable
for House sites/ Housing Units shall be utilised for industrial labour,
e) Lands that can be made available under land pooling scheme,
f) Eligible Beneficiaries possessing Own Sites in GramaKantam shall be
identified for construction of Houses by issuing possession certificates,
g) House sites issued previously by various departments that remain unutilized
and kept vacant without construction of houses shall be identified for this
purpose and resumed following due procedure.
h) The District Collectors shall identify land owners who are willing to donate
their lands for this noble cause i.e. housing programme for needy homeless
people in the society.
i) The District Collectors are instructed to take up land acquisition either by
purchase through negotiation or through compulsory acquisition as a last
resort after exhausting all other possibilities.
j) The Assigned lands shall be resumed for this purpose only in rare cases
when no other alternative land is available. The compensation shall be paid
as per guide lines issued in G.O.Ms.No.259, Revenue (ASSN.I) Department,
Dt:21-06 2016.
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8. The Village or Town shall be taken as a Unit for identification of suitable lands for
providing house sites.
9. The District Collectors shall handover the identified Government Lands to the
Housing/MA&UD Departments in the Rural/Urban areas respectively.
10. Housing/MA&UD Departments shall prepare layouts as per norms in the
identified Government Lands handed over by the Revenue Department, so as to avoid
delay for distribution of House Site Pattas. The Village/Town shall be maintained as a
unit.
11. The Department of Survey and Land Records shall assist in identification of land,
Survey, Sub-division, preparation of layouts and peg-marking.
12. The District Collectors shall take up site levelling works in the Rural areas under
the MGNREGS programme of the Rural Development Department.
13. The Urban Local Body/APTIDCO/other government agency shall take up site
levelling works in the Urban Areas.
14. RELEASE OF FUNDS:
Budgetary support shall be provided by the Revenue Department to the District
Collectors for the following activities:
a. Payment of compensation for land acquisition
b. Preparation of layouts & plotting of individual sites
c. Other contingencies arising for implementation of the program.
15. CANCELLATION:
The allotment of House Site Patta will be cancelled immediately in case, if it is
established that the same has been obtained by fraud or suppression of facts. The
cancelled House Site Patta will be allotted to other eligible beneficiary.
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17. The Information Technology & the Real Time Governance Departments shall
provide all technical assistance like development of software applications, collation of
data from various departments, etc. for the effective implementation of the programme.
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18. The Joint Collector shall be the Nodal Officer and one Deputy Collector shall be
designated as Co-ordination Officer at District Level for implementation of the
Programme.
19. The Joint Collector shall send periodical reports to CCLA on procurement of lands,
issue of pattas and on all related issues.