In an effort to make things easier for those who parted with the land under the Land Pooling Scheme , the Capital Region Development Authority has set up a special cell in the Office of Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration, Andhra Pradesh, in the common capital for disbursement of annuity. The decision has been taken for the convenience of land owners hailing from Krishna and Guntur districts who gave their lands for the construction of new capital city but residing in Hyderabad. These land owners need not go all the way to Tullur mandal for accepting the annuity cheques. The CRDA deputed some of its officers to make these payments in Hyderabad itself, said sources.
The Special Cell headed by a Deputy Collector and three Tehsildars started functioning from Thursday. Andhra Pradesh government agreed to pay an annuity of Rs.50,000 per acre for ‘Jareeb’ lands (River front villages) and Rs.30,000 per acre for the uplands. The disbursement in the special cell is expected to be completed by May 18. Meanwhile following the issuance of GO 166 on Thursday and general notification for acquiring land under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 which has been subsequently amended by the ordinance, steps are being taken to issue notifications for the identified land in the name of the land owner.
