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Respondent No.1 vide G.O.Ms.No.367 Revenue (Assignment-I) Department, dated 19.08.2019, approved the Policy guidelines to implement the flagship programme "Navaratnalu Pedalandariki Illu" for distribution of 25 lakh House Site Pattas/Housing units. Clause (2) deals with Size/Extent of the House site Patta. One House Site Patta shall be issued for an extent of 1.5 Cents to an eligible house hold, in Rural area, vide Clause (2A), whereas, Housing units shall be constructed following the G+3 pattern about 100 units in about Ac.l.00 cts, in the name of the "Woman Beneficiaries" of the House in Urban Area vide clause "(2B)". House site pattas shall be issued with the conditions of B.S.O-21 and in terms of the Andhra Pradesh MSM,J wp_25275_2020 Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act, 1977 (for short ―the A.P. Act 9 of 1977‖) (As amended from time to time), vide Clause (3).

- Pedalandariki Illu‖. Irrespective of allotment or non-allotment of house site patta to any of the petitioners, it is necessary to examine the issue of vagueness and inconsistency between G.O.Ms.No.367 dated 19.08.2019, G.O.Ms.No.488 dated 02.12.2019 and G.O.Ms.No.99 dated 31.03.2020 and whether they were issued contrary to B.S.O.21 and the A.P.Act 9 of 1977?

Policy guidelines were issued by the State in G.O.Ms.No.367 dated 19.08.2019. According to policy guideline No.3, house site Pattas shall be issued with the conditions laid down in BSO-21 and in terms of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977 (as amended from time to time).

iii. Housing Units will be constructed and handed over to the beneficiaries by APTIDCO/ ULB/ other government agency under available schemes.

3. House Site Pattas shall be issued with the conditions laid down in BSO-21 & in terms of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977 (As amended from time to time).

4. All individual plots shall be given a Unique Number similar to the 11-digit Bhoodhar Number.

15. CANCELLATION:

The allotment of House Site Patta will be cancelled immediately in case, if it is established that the same has been obtained by fraud or suppression of facts. The cancelled House Site Patta will be allotted to other eligible beneficiary.

On comparison of original guidelines and additional guidelines, the object of original guidelines is to provide house site to houseless poor, but as per condition No.3, house site pattas shall be issued with the conditions laid down in BSO - 21 and in terms of the Andhra Pradesh Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfer) Act, 1977 (as amended from time to time). As per additional guideline (x) and (xii) issued in G.O.Ms.No.488, the present house site allotment is treated as concessional allotment and not a free assignment. Accordingly, Plots shall be allotted duly collecting Rs.20/- (Rs.10/- towards cost of stamp paper and Rs.10/- towards lamination charges) from the beneficiary. Plot allotment certificate (Patta) shall be issued on free hold basis with a lock-in period of 5 years for sale purpose from the date of issue of allotment order. After completion of 5 years period, MSM,J wp_25275_2020 in case of personal exigency, beneficiary can sell the plot and sub-registrar shall honour for registration without any NOC from any department whatsoever. However the beneficiaries will not be entitled for house site once again, and are debarred permanently.