Telangana govt to introduce e-pattadar passbooks

The State government has decided to issue e-pattadar passbooks to land owners from next month.

The Revenue Department has already undertaken the massive exercise of digitising land records to facilitate online issue of pattadar passbooks. Till now, land owners were forced to approach the competent revenue authorities to get pattadar passbooks. The government decided to issue e-pattadar passbooks for best utilisation of technology and to cut down on delays in getting passbooks.

The Revenue Department has decided to charge a minimal Rs 160 per pattadar passbook supplied online. Under the existing system, after getting the property registered in their name, land owners had to spend anywhere between Rs 5,000 and Rs 50,000 to get the pattadar passbooks.

Once all land records



starting from Record of Rights (ROR) and Pahanis are digitised, land owners can directly download their e-pattadar passbook by submitting their details. Aafter digitisation of records, land owners can visit the Maa Bhoomi website to get their passbook. An OTP will be sent to their registered mobile number to download the e-passbook,” Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali told.

He said consultations are still going on and the date from which e-passbooks can be downloaded will be announced soon. “The Stamps and Registration Department would be overhauled and technological interventions would be brought in to make the department transparent and people-friendly. The department has already shifted about 50 certificates to the web portal for downloading by customers,” he said.