Andhra Pradesh issues G.O. permitting registration of assigned house sites after 10 years
Andhra Pradesh registering officers must register assigned house sites after the 10-year and documentation checks, unblocking previously Section 22-A-barred title
Change
On 25 May 2026, Andhra Pradesh issued G.O.Ms.No.306 permitting registration of built-upon assigned house sites 10 years after assignment, even where they remain on the Section 22-A prohibited list under the Registration Act 1908, subject to prescribed documentation and executant-identity checks; violations by officials attract disciplinary action and forged documents invite civil and criminal proceedings.
Why it matters
The order carves out an exception to the Section 22-A prohibited-property bar: an assigned house site with a house built on it is no longer automatically blocked from registration once the 10-year lock-in has elapsed and the prescribed verifications are met. Registering officers are bound to accept only the prescribed proofs (assignment/patta or certified copy, house tax/local-body records, plot linked to survey/block, and executant identity as original assignee or legal heir) and face disciplinary action for refusing lawful registrations; detection of forged documents triggers civil and criminal proceedings. Because registration is the gateway to clean, transferable title, the order directly unblocks downstream transactions — sales to buyers and the perfection of lender security over properties that were previously unregistrable.
Implications
- — Registering officers at sub-registrar offices in Andhra Pradesh must admit registrations of assigned house sites only after verifying at least 10 years have elapsed from the date of assignment and confirming the prescribed proofs (original patta/assignment order or competent-authority certified copy, house tax receipts or local-body records, plot-to-survey/block linkage, and executant identity) — refusing registrations that meet these conditions, or insisting on documents beyond those prescribed, attracts disciplinary action.
- — Beneficiary applicants (original assignees or legal heirs) seeking registration must produce the original patta or assignment order or certified copy, house tax receipts or local-body records proving a house, plot numbers linked to the survey or block numbers, and executant or legal-heir documents (death and family certificates where applicable) — absence of any prescribed proof results in refusal.
- — Buyers and intending purchasers of assigned house sites in Andhra Pradesh can now obtain registrable title to properties previously blocked by the Section 22-A listing — purchase due diligence must confirm the assignment date and 10-year completion, the patta/assignment chain, the survey/block linkage, and that the seller is the original assignee or a documented legal heir before transacting.
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