Service Guide · Andhra Pradesh · IGRS AP
Section 22A Prohibited Property
: The AP Registration Bar
Section 22A operates at a single desk: the sub-registrar's. When a notified survey number arrives for registration, the system refuses the document, and no drafting skill, no witness, no payment changes that outcome. Andhra Pradesh publishes the notified list on IGRS AP, which means the refusal is knowable months before anyone books an appointment.
Provision
Sec 22A, Registration Act
Effect
SRO must refuse the document
List on
registration.ap.gov.in
Lookup by
Village + survey number
Charge
None
Covers
Govt, assigned, endowment, wakf, attached
Delisting
RDO / Collector process
Bottom line
The bar operates at registration. The list lets you meet it early, on your terms.
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What the 22A prohibited property list blocks, and why
200–300 words
Definition
Section 22A of the Registration Act obliges sub-registrars to refuse documents dealing with notified categories of land. Andhra Pradesh's notified survey numbers, spanning government land, assigned grants, endowment and wakf holdings, and court-attached parcels, are published as a searchable list on IGRS AP.
Each category encodes a different public claim on the land. Government parcels belong to the state's own inventory. Assigned grants carry the welfare condition they were given under, and AP has legislated on assigned-land rights more than once, so a specific parcel's present position needs checking against current law rather than folklore. Endowment and wakf lands answer to institutional trustees, and attachments freeze parcels for courts.
The bar's design is deliberately blunt. It does not weigh intentions or price; it matches survey numbers. Which is why the buyer's counter-move is equally blunt: match the survey number yourself, on the same list, before any money moves.
Precision matters at the subdivision level. Notifications sometimes touch a fraction of a survey, leaving siblings free, so the lookup runs on the exact subdivision you are buying, cross-read with the FMB.
A listing is a registration bar, not a negotiation point. Until a wrongly listed parcel is formally delisted through the RDO or Collector, the sub-registrar's refusal stands regardless of any agreement between the parties.
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Running the 22A prohibited property lookup on IGRS AP
500–800 words
Free, anonymous, and worth repeating close to the registration date.
List lookup
Open the prohibited list
On registration.ap.gov.in, select the prohibited property search.
Maintained by the registration department.
Walk to the village
District, then mandal, then the revenue village of the parcel.
Postal and revenue village names diverge; use revenue.
Match the exact number
Search the survey number and each relevant subdivision.
Fraction-level notifications catch careless lookups.
Record the outcome, dated
Screenshot clean results; note the category for any listing.
Repeat the lookup shortly before the SRO date.
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The notified categories, decoded
200–300 words
What each listing type tells you about the land's legal position.
Listing type | Public claim behind it | Practical consequence |
|---|---|---|
Government land | State inventory | No private registration, ever |
Assigned grant | Welfare condition on transfer | Position depends on current law; verify |
Endowment holding | Temple / institutional trust | Alienation needs sanction rarely given |
Wakf property | Wakf Board oversight | Board processes govern; exceptional |
Court attachment | Judicial freeze | Waits on the case, not the parties |
Clerical listing | Error in notification | Delisting via RDO / Collector with proof |
A dated, clean lookup on the precise subdivision, repeated near registration, filed with the EC and record extracts.
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Common 22A check issues, and the fix
200–300 words
The list produces four situations worth understanding in advance.
A listing the owner disputes
Clerical and legacy notifications happen.
the delisting route runs through the RDO or Collector; transact only after the list itself changes.
Fraction of the survey notified
One subdivision barred, others free.
establish which fraction is which via the FMB before treating any part as clear.
Clean at agreement, listed at registration
The list moved during your deal.
the repeat lookup near the SRO date exists exactly for this; build it into the timeline.
Assigned parcel at a tempting price
The discount prices the restriction in.
check the parcel's position under current assigned-land law; folklore is not a title opinion.
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Why the 22A prohibited property lookup opens the file
200–300 words
Order the checks by what each can kill.
It goes first because it kills outright
A 22A listing kills the transaction outright, so it goes first; the EC and record checks refine a deal the list has already permitted to exist.
Zero rupees against total loss
The lookup's economics are absurd in your favour: zero rupees, two minutes, against the total loss that registering into a refusal, or paying an advance toward one, represents.
A deal structured to collect your money before the registration attempt, on a parcel you have not run against the list, has its incentives exactly backwards. Run the lookup, then talk terms.
Frequently asked questions
What does Section 22A do in Andhra Pradesh?
What does Section 22A do in Andhra Pradesh?
It obliges sub-registrars to refuse documents on notified land: government, assigned, endowment, wakf and attached parcels, listed by survey number on IGRS AP.
How do I run the prohibited property check?
How do I run the prohibited property check?
On registration.ap.gov.in, drill to the revenue village and search the exact survey number and subdivision. It is free and anonymous.
The parcel is listed but the seller disputes it?
The parcel is listed but the seller disputes it?
Delisting runs through the RDO or Collector with proof. Until the published list changes, the registration bar stands.
Can part of a survey number be prohibited?
Can part of a survey number be prohibited?
Yes, notifications can touch fractions. Identify your exact subdivision via the FMB and search at that level.
Is discounted assigned land ever safe to buy?
Is discounted assigned land ever safe to buy?
Only if current assigned-land law permits the specific transfer, which is narrow. Get a legal opinion on the parcel, not a general assurance.
Why repeat the check before registration?
Why repeat the check before registration?
The list updates. A clean early lookup does not bind a later listing, so re-run it close to the SRO appointment.