The Congress-led government in Telangana has formally constituted a high-level committee to examine alleged land irregularities involving former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), members of his family, other Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders, and associated individuals.
The General Administration Department issued G.O. Ms. No. 134 on September 23, following a discussion in the Legislative Assembly on September 16 regarding Section 22-A of the Registration Act. During that session, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy alleged that KCR’s extended family was linked to approximately 439–440 acres of land, including assigned lands, spread across multiple districts, mandals, and villages.
The Chief Minister specifically highlighted issues around the Erravelli farmhouse in Siddipet district, claiming a significant portion involved government or assigned land.
The committee is headed by A. Sridevasena, IAS, Commissioner of Collegiate and Technical Education. Rajeevgandhi Hanumanthu, Special Secretary (Registrations and Stamps), serves as convenor, with Jangaon Collector Sandeep Kumar Jha as a member. Collectors of the relevant districts will join for matters falling under their jurisdiction.
The panel has been tasked with inquiring into 16 specific land-related issues across Siddipet, Ranga Reddy, Hyderabad, Mahabubnagar, and Rajanna Sircilla districts. These include holdings attributed to the KCR family in areas such as Erravelli and Markook, properties linked to Mr. KT Rama Rao’s family, lands associated with Mr. Harish Rao near Ranganayaka Sagar, and cases involving other former ministers and legislators.
According to details placed before the Assembly, the inquiry will examine potential violations of statutes, rules, government orders, and official instructions related to government land, assigned land, ceiling surplus land, and other categories.
The committee is empowered to requisition records and recommend action, including fixing accountability where irregularities are established. It may submit interim reports based on the seriousness of individual cases before a final report.
Revenue officials have already begun field surveys of lands surrounding the Erravelli farmhouse, including areas in Survey No. 325 spanning nearby villages.
The government has indicated that any confirmed government or assigned land found under improper occupation could be reclaimed through due process, with possible redistribution to eligible beneficiaries such as landless Dalit families.
Congress leaders have also conducted visits to certain farmhouses and properties in recent weeks as part of a broader public campaign highlighting the issue. The probe forms part of the Congress administration’s wider scrutiny of land records and transactions from the previous BRS tenure.