By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 7: A public interest litigation was filed in the AP High Court seeking a direction not to register the agricultural lands which are in smaller extents.
Mr Vinukonda Srinivasa Rao, a resident of Piduguralla in Guntur filed the petition. He submitted that allowing the sale transactions of agricultural lands in smaller extents like one cent and two cents, without converting into non- agricultural use has caused a great loss to exchequer.
He said that the AP Land (Conversion of Agriculture Land) Act 2006 mandates that any piece of agricultural land should not be used for non -agricultural purpose without the permission of the competent authorities.He told the court that there was a vast variation of stamp duty when compared to the duty on agicultural land.
He alleged that to avoid stamp duty as per the basic value of the non-agricultural lands , several individuals and real estate developers are indulging in such registrations.The High Court will hear the petition next week.
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