Pochaiah in his ’40s, was busy discussing with his four brothers sitting at the community hall located at one corner of the village where a tent was erected.
A village elder has been mediating through discussions on some land disputes among them. Now the Government has given them an opportunity to settle the issue.
Land records purification process has opened new opportunities to many families to patch up their strained relationships.
Ramaiah, father of these siblings, had passed away about three years ago and all of them divided the land among themselves and some of them even sold their share in the land.
For the past three years they did not bother to settle the issue among themselves.
“Part of the land allotted to me and another brother was sold while my father was alive.
Now that the records are being corrected I want to put it straight. Hence, the remaining land will be adjusted among the two brothers who retained their share. We are discussing that issue so that there is no dispute in future,” Mr. Pochaiah told The Hindu . The Revenue officials are sitting in the tent and trying to sort out the issues among farmers.
The farmers are being extended with Form 1B which will carry all the details of farmer and his land. Once the record was checked and signed by the farmer, the process will be commenced.
“Many farmers had sold their lands but mutation process was not completed. Now it will be commenced once the records were corrected,” said a Revenue officer involved in the process.
On the other hand, the relations among the siblings are taking a new and positive turn.
Many of the participants are now realising that for so long time they had ‘unnecessary enmity’ with brothers and its no more necessary as the Government had come to their doorstep.
“Why should we have an enmity with our brothers and their children staying in the same village? We felt that enough is enough and now it was time to reunite,” said Mr. Pochaiah.
