Dotted Lands

  • Recently, the Andhra Pradesh government has started removing “dotted lands” in the state from the prohibited list.
  • Dotted lands are disputed lands for which there are no clear ownership documents.
  • It derives its name from the incident when during the British era, land ownership surveys were taken up. Revenue officials who were tasked with identifying government-owned and privately-owned lands put dots in the ownership column if more than 1 person claimed it.
  • It was also done on lands where ownership could not be clearly ....
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