Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar said teams have been formed at Gram Panchayat, Mandal, Division, and District level along with Forest Rights Committees (FRCs) to resolve the Podu land issue in the state.
Chief Secretary held a video conference with District Collectors, DFOs, Additional Collectors, and DPOs from BRKR Bhavan on Friday about the steps to be taken to resolve the issue, an official release said.
He suggested that awareness should be created in the first spell at the village level on the process.
He instructed the officials to make available a sufficient number of Form-A copies at the habitation level to receive claims from villagers and also instructed to give sufficient time to collect filled Form-A claims. The Chief Secretary instructed that awareness and collecting of Form-A claims should be started from November 8. He also informed that detailed guidelines have been issued to the officials in this regard.
The Chief Secretary instructed Collectors to give the highest priority to this item of once the claim Forms are filled, Gram Panchayat Teams along FRCs will collect the Forms at habitation level as scheduled notified at District Level.