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Hundreds of properties in Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills have been included in Telangana’s prohibited properties list under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, restricting owners from registering, selling or transferring their holdings. The inclusion forms part of a wider revision of prohibited-property records following directions from the Telangana High Court and has affected established residential plots, houses, apartments and housing societies. Owners have questioned the classification of properties with longstanding ownership and registration records. The exercise has also affected properties across Greater Hyderabad, prompting representations seeking correction or removal from the restricted list.
Hundreds of properties in Hyderabad’s established residential localities of Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills have been included in the prohibited properties list under Section 22-A of the Registration Act, creating registration hurdles for owners seeking to sell, transfer or otherwise transact in their properties as Telangana revises its restricted-property records.
The exercise follows directions from the Telangana High Court, with district collectors involved in preparing revised prohibited-property lists based on updated revenue records for submission to the Registration and Stamps Department. The revision has brought properties in several established parts of Hyderabad under scrutiny, including residential holdings that owners say have been occupied and transacted for several years.
Jubilee Hills is among the localities affected, with hundreds of properties reportedly appearing in the prohibited list. The affected holdings include residential plots and houses, while properties in Banjara Hills include apartments and housing societies. Owners have raised concerns over how established private properties with existing title and registration documents came to be classified under restricted categories.
Section 22-A of the Registration Act, 1908, provides for restrictions on registration of specified categories of property. These include government land, assigned land, endowment and Waqf properties, ceiling-surplus land and properties involved in court disputes. Properties included in the prohibited list ordinarily cannot be registered for sale or transfer until their status is resolved through the prescribed process.
The classification of a property under Section 22-A does not, by itself, establish that its individual owner lacks valid title. However, the inclusion can prevent registration of transactions while the relevant entry remains on the prohibited list. This has become a concern for owners in Jubilee Hills and Banjara Hills who hold existing documentation and are seeking to establish why their properties have been included.
The issue extends beyond the two prominent residential localities. Private residential plots, houses, apartments in approved layouts and commercial properties in other parts of Hyderabad have also reportedly been affected by the revised records. Property owners have approached revenue authorities and registration offices seeking clarification, correction of records or removal of their properties from the prohibited list.
The scale of the exercise has also raised wider concerns across Greater Hyderabad. Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal-Malkajgiri and Sangareddy districts together account for more than half of the properties and land parcels included in Telangana’s prohibited-property records. More than one lakh houses, vacant plots, multi-storeyed apartments and commercial complexes have reportedly been affected.
Telangana authorities have initiated steps to examine complaints concerning private properties included in the Section 22-A records, including long-pending cases involving properties linked to government-land records. The review is intended to address disputed entries and determine whether properties have been incorrectly classified.
For owners in Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills and other affected areas, the immediate consequence is the restriction on transactions requiring registration. Until the relevant revenue records are examined and disputed entries are corrected or removed through the applicable process, properties appearing on the prohibited list can continue to face registration restrictions.
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