Service Guide · Telangana · IGRS
Check
22A Prohibited Property
in Telangana First
Some Telangana land cannot be sold at all: government parcels, assigned land, endowment and wakf property, court-attached holdings. Section 22A bars their registration, and the list is searchable. Two minutes on IGRS tells you whether the deal you are eyeing legally exists.
Service
Prohibited property search
Law
Section 22A, Registration Act
Portal
registration.telangana.gov.in
Search by
District, mandal, village, survey no
Cost
Free
If listed
Registration is barred
Wrongly listed
Deletion via RDO / Collector
Bottom line
If the survey number is on the list, no sale deed can cure it.
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What the 22A prohibited property list blocks
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Definition
Section 22A of the Registration Act empowers the state to notify categories of land whose sale documents the sub-registrar must refuse. Telangana maintains this as a searchable list of survey numbers on IGRS, covering government, assigned, endowment, wakf and court-attached land.
The categories matter because each fails differently. Government land was never the seller's to sell. Assigned land was granted to the landless with transfer restrictions that persist for decades. Endowment and wakf property belongs to institutions whose alienation needs statutory sanction. Attached land is frozen by a court until told otherwise.
The trap for buyers is that prohibited parcels look normal on the ground and sometimes carry paperwork that appears plausible. The list, not the paper the seller shows, is the authority.
Partial listings exist too: one portion of a survey number prohibited, the rest free. That is why the check runs on the exact survey number and extent, not the village generally.
A 22A listing is not a complication to manage, it is a bar. If the parcel appears on the list, stop the transaction until the entry is formally deleted, whatever anyone promises.
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How to check 22A prohibited property on IGRS
500–800 words
Free, no login, and the single highest-value two minutes in Telangana due diligence.
Online method (IGRS)
Open the IGRS portal
Go to registration.telangana.gov.in and choose the prohibited property search.
This is a registration-department list.
Drill to the village
Select district, mandal and village for the parcel.
Village boundaries shifted in places; confirm the revenue village.
Enter the survey number
Search the exact number, and its subdivisions where they exist.
Partial prohibitions attach to subdivisions.
Read the result carefully
Note the category if listed, government, assigned, endowment, wakf or attached.
The category decides the (rare) cure path.
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22A categories and what each one means
200–300 words
Each 22A category fails a purchase for a different reason.
Category | Why it is barred | Any path forward? |
|---|---|---|
Government land | Not the seller's to alienate | None for a private buyer |
Assigned land | Granted with transfer restrictions | Only per the assignment law's terms |
Endowment property | Institutional land, sanction needed | Statutory permission, rare in practice |
Wakf property | Wakf Board alienation rules apply | Board sanction, exceptional |
Court attached | Frozen pending proceedings | Only after the attachment lifts |
Wrongly listed | Clerical or legacy entry | Deletion via RDO / Collector with proof |
A clean search on the exact survey number and its subdivisions, saved as a dated screenshot alongside your EC and Pahani.
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Common 22A check issues, and the fix
200–300 words
Four situations complicate the check. None of them justify skipping it.
Parcel wrongly on the list
Legacy and clerical entries do occur.
the owner applies for deletion via the RDO or Collector with ownership proof; buy only after formal removal.
Only part of the survey listed
A subdivision is prohibited, the rest free.
get the exact extent and subdivision mapped by survey records before proceeding.
Seller claims deletion is imminent
Promises of removal substitute for the removal itself.
wait for the entry to actually vanish from the list; recheck yourself.
Assigned land offered cheap
Discounted prices on restricted land tempt buyers into void deals.
walk away; restrictions survive the sale and the money rarely comes back.
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Why the 22A prohibited property check precedes the EC
200–300 words
An EC tells you about charges on a saleable parcel.
Saleable at all, not merely unencumbered
The 22A list tells you whether the parcel is saleable at all. Run it first, because no clean EC rescues a prohibited survey number.
Recheck near registration
Recheck near registration too.
Lists update between search and appointment
Lists update, and the gap between your first search and the SRO appointment is exactly where surprises land.
A seller pushing urgency on a bargain-priced parcel while discouraging the free two-minute list check is telling you, indirectly, what the check would say. Believe them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the 22A prohibited property list?
What is the 22A prohibited property list?
Telangana's searchable list of survey numbers whose sale registration is barred under Section 22A: government, assigned, endowment, wakf and court-attached land.
Where do I check it?
Where do I check it?
On IGRS Telangana at registration.telangana.gov.in, free and without login, by district, mandal, village and survey number.
Can assigned land ever be bought?
Can assigned land ever be bought?
Only within the assignment law's own terms, which are narrow. Discounted assigned land sold privately is the classic void transaction.
What if the land is wrongly listed?
What if the land is wrongly listed?
The owner pursues deletion through the RDO or Collector with ownership proof. Buy only after the entry is formally removed from the list.
Does a clean EC override a 22A listing?
Does a clean EC override a 22A listing?
No. The EC reports charges; 22A bars registration entirely. A prohibited parcel with a clean EC is still unbuyable.
Should I recheck before registration?
Should I recheck before registration?
Yes. Lists update, so run the search again close to your SRO appointment and keep dated screenshots of both checks.