T. Chiranjeevulu IAS(Ret), Founder & President BCIF(BC Intellectuals Forum) From the Nizam Era to Bhu Bharati: The Evolution of Land Records in Telangana From Survey and Settlement to Digital Land Administration Introduction Last week, we discussed the feudal landholding system in Telangana, the land-revenue practices of the Nizam era, land reforms, and landownership rights. In this article, let us examine in detail what land records are, how they are prepared, how ownership rights are transferred, and what is distinctive about Section 22-A. The land-records system is the official mechanism for recording matters such as ownership rights, land extent, boundaries, cultivation details, transfers of land, and the identification of government land. In Telangana, this system has passed through many stages: it began with survey and settlement methods under the Nizams, continued through land reforms and Records of Rights laws after Hyderabad State merged with the Indian Un...