We never stopped land registration, Telangana government tells High Court

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday raised eyebrows over the arguments of the K
Chandrashekar Rao-led government, when it tried to argue that it was unable to restart registrations of non-agriculture properties in the
state due to the interim orders issued by the High Court.The Telangana state government argued that it had stopped registrations of
the division bench of the Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Raghavendra Singh Chauhan and Justice B
Vijaysen Reddy, which dealt with the matter concerning the legality of Dharani portal, said that it had never stopped land registrations of
102, dated September 8, to stop registrations temporarily
Our directions to the government, in our interim orders, was not to insist upon details of property owners, their family members, which
impacts only registrations done through the Dharani portal
If the government was so concerned about hurdles faced by people over delay of registrations, it can go ahead using the old method of
wish to get their property registered that all registrations would be subject to the outcome of the petitions
If the order comes in favour of the government, then at a time of mutation of property, then details like who got property registered would
be asked
With that, the government can upload them onto Dharani portal
Nothing stays registrations, the Court said.The court was stressed how the government was insisting that property owners give Aadhar details
without answering how it would be safeguarded
The court said the government should come out clearly as to what safety precautionary measures are being taken to protect data gathered from
property owners on Dharani portal
People should have clarity regarding the safety of their details
If the government does not inform people of safety measures taken, where will people go in case their data is breached, Chief Justice
ensure that massive data pertaining to owners of non-agriculture and agriculture obtained and fed into Dharani portal.But he declined to
divulge details pertaining to safety measures taken, saying such details cannot be out in public domain
If the court wants to examine the measures, the government is ready to submit in sealed cover, he said
government or any other third party
He said that before the final dose of the vaccine is out, it has been tested on so many people, it has been subjected to several trials
This entire arduous exercise has been taken up only with a motto to show people that the vaccine, which is out in the market is safe and can
be administered
Likewise, governments may come and go, but data collected should be safeguarded
As of now, the situation is in utter confusion how the government is compelling owners to upload data without backing any law, the CJ
Prakash Reddy brought to notice of the Court that errors and negligence of officers in making rules related to mutation of non-agricultural
properties, which were recently issued by the government
In a G.O
227 dated December 7, 2020, which related to mutation within GHMC limits, officers just copied and pasted other GOs issued related to
mutations in other gram panchayats and municipalities
He filed interim applications over the said GOs.Justice Vijaysen Reddy asked the government to think about the suggestion of the court to
applications
The cases were adjourned to December 10
Meanwhile, the interim stay was extended.