Former minister and BRS leader T Harish Rao issued an ultimatum to the Telangana government demanding immediate removal of over 50,000 acres of land from the state's 22-A prohibited property list.

Former minister T Harish Rao demanded removal of over 50,000 acres from the 22-A prohibited properties list in Patancheru assembly constituency. Nearly one lakh houses in Patancheru constituency included in 22-A list.

Acreage by mandal: Gummadidala 12,432 acres, Ameenpur 3,200 acres, Ramachandrapuram 8,300 acres, Patancheru 12,300 acres, Jinnaram 13,900 acres.

Total across five mandals: 50,565 acres.

Harish Rao stated people have lived in these colonies for 30 to 40 years, many layouts developed decades ago with government permissions, and residents have electricity, water and property tax connections.

As many as 22,122 houses and apartments in colonies under Greater Hyderabad limits are listed under Section 22A prohibited land, restricting property owners from selling, gifting or mortgaging properties. Revenue department data classified properties as 22-A land, government land, ULC land and POB land across Sangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Rangareddy districts. Official sources claim many colonies have remained restricted for several decades.

Sangareddy district (2,117 houses in Patancheru):

• BHEL Colony (720), BHEL Colony (426), Sandigudem Colony (250), Bonsai Colony (182), Bandlaguda Colony (112), Srinagar Colony (59), Sri Ramnagar Colony (259), Durga Colony (56), Munthangi Colony (53)

Medchal-Malkajgiri district:

• Government land (10,395 houses): Devendarnagar Medchal (1,080); Renukanagar, Vinobhanagar, Tarakaramanagar, Sri Sairamnagar, Krishna Hills, Kakatiyanagar and 18 others Medchal (5,118); BJRnagar, Laxminarasimha Colony Uppal (1,623); Jaipuri Colony Uppal (574); Ganeshnagar Quthbullapur (1,000); Kanakadurganagar Quthbullapur (1,000)
• ULC land (4,530 houses): Prathampuri, Eshwarapuri Uppal (536); Chilkanagar, Swaroopnagar Uppal (850); Padmanagar (1,200); Subashnagar Quthbullapur (1,950)

Rangareddy district (5,080 houses on POB land): Ayyappa Colony Serilingampally (2,776); Raja Rajeshwari, Golden Tulip, KMR Estate, Madhava Hills, OU Professor Colony (1,089); Raghavendra Colony Block ABC, Anandanagar, Hanumannagar (508); Sriramnagar Colony Block ABC (386); Prashanthnagar (38); Jubilee Enclave (29); Raghavendra Colony, Gayatri Homes Maheshwaram (173); Aravind Colony, Brundhavan Colony, Vivekandanagar Rajendranagar (81)