Four revenue staff suspended for land record lapses in Tadipatri

The Anantapur district administration has suspended four revenue employees and issued charge-memos to three others over alleged lapses in scrutiny of land records for 2.40 acres in Survey No 770-E2 at Tadipatri. Collector O Anand ordered departmental action after discrepancies were found in the land ceiling register, including altered entries and a mismatch between records showing the land as D-patta (ceiling land) and its listing as prohibited property under Section 22-A(1)(d) of the Registration Act.

Those suspended are Tadipatri tahsildar (now deputy tahsildar) G Somashekar, revenue inspector B Eswar Reddy, village revenue officer K Venkataswamy, and junior assistant S Mohammad Shafi. Somashekar is accused of submitting a proposal without fully examining revenue and land ceiling records. Reddy allegedly did not submit an inquiry report or verify records properly. Venkataswamy and Shafi are charged with failing to flag discrepancies.

Charge-memos were issued to RDO office deputy tahsildar U Rajendra Prasad, collectorate junior assistant K Pavan Kumar, and former DAO (in-charge) SB Kullayappa. Collector Anand warned that negligence in verifying government land, ceiling land, or prohibited property records will not be tolerated.