LPS 1.0 (2015) vs LPS 2.0 (2025 Rules) Comparison

Notification-I: Declaration of Intention (Draft)

Initiated by the Commissioner or Competent Authority earmarking the specific area proposed for pooling. Opens a mandatory 30-day window for landowners to submit objections (Form-9.2 or Telugu equivalent) or surrender consent (Form-I).

Notification-IA: Modification & Finalization of Scheme Area

If public hearings and oral enquiries reveal valid planning or administrative concerns, the originally notified boundaries are formally modified and published as a finalized boundaries notice.

Notification-II: Draft Land Pooling Scheme (LPS)

The Authority publishes the draft scheme detailing the proposed layout of reconstituted plots, earmarked public infrastructure, and land reservation percentages (roads, parks, utilities) in accordance with Section 44 and Section 53.

Notification-III: Final Land Pooling Scheme (Absolute Vesting)

Published within 180 days of the initial declaration of intent. Upon its publication, all pooled lands vest absolutely in the Authority free from all encumbrances.

Schedule V: Master Directory of All 32 Prescribed Statutory Forms

Schedule IV: Mandatory Spatial Land Reservations (Section 53(1)(e) & (f))

Parks, Playgrounds, Gardens & Open Spaces

Mandatory environmental green lung and civic recreational spaces distributed hierarchically across sectors.

Roads and Utility Services

Arterial, sub-arterial, and sector roads, underground utility ducts, water mains, power corridors, and stormwater networks.

Social Infrastructure (Schools, Healthcare & Community Facilities)

Sites reserved for primary/secondary schools, primary health centres, community halls, sub-stations, and civic nodes.

Affordable Housing for the Poor (EWS)

Dedicated land bank for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) residential dwelling units and rehabilitation housing.

Landowners Reconstituted Returnable Plots

Fully developed residential and commercial reconstituted plots returned to participating farmers near their pooled land.

APCRDA Authority Share (Capital Financing & Institutions)

Balance land retained by the Authority for government buildings, trunk infrastructure, theme cities, and capital monetization.

Schedule III & Rule 5(3): Comprehensive Farmer Protection & Social Safety Net

Social Security Fund Pension (₹2,500/Month for 10 Years)

A statutory monthly pension of ₹2,500 disbursed to every landless family in the capital city area for 10 years through the dedicated Capital Region Social Security Fund.

Agricultural Crop Loan Waiver (Up to ₹1.50 Lakhs)

One-time agricultural debt waiver of up to ₹1,50,000 per farmer family to clear agricultural loans held with banks and primary credit societies.

Interest-Free Self-Employment Loans (Up to ₹25 Lakhs)

Subsidized zero-interest loans of up to ₹25 Lakhs provided to economically disadvantaged families to establish micro-enterprises and vocational self-employment.

NREGA Guaranteed Work Enhanced to 365 Days/Year

Statutory enhancement of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) from standard 100 days to a full 365 days of guaranteed paid work per family per year.

Free Education and Super-Specialty Medical Facilities

Perpetual free school/college education and comprehensive healthcare coverage to all bona fide residents registered as of the statutory cut-off date (08-12-2014).

Private Teak Trees Harvest & Transit Rights (100% Fee Exemption)

Exclusive authorization for landowners to fell, transport, and commercially sell valuable teak trees on their private lands with expedited Forest Department transit permits and zero government royalties/fees.

Priority Engagement of Local Tractors in Capital Works

Mandatory statutory clause directing engineering contractors to engage tractors owned by local residents for earthmoving, transport, and capital infrastructure works.

Gramakantam Habitations Demarcation & Freehold Title Regularization

Explicit demarcation of village habitations (R1 Village Planning Zones) and issuance of statutory possession certificates to regularize house sites free of cost without land pooling surrender.

Right to Harvest Standing Crops & Structure Compensation

Full legal right to harvest all standing annual crops without obstruction, alongside independent statutory compensation for agricultural structures, borewells, and sheds outside Gramakantam.

Statutory Memorial: Administrative Building Named After M.S.S. Koteswara Rao

Binding commitment by the Government of Andhra Pradesh to name a major administrative complex/building in the capital city after the prominent leader M.S.S. Koteswara Rao.

Establishment of Old Age Homes & NTR Canteens

Civic infrastructure commitment to establish state-funded senior citizen welfare homes and subsidized nutritional NTR canteens across the capital city.

Skill Development Institute with Monthly Training Stipends

Dedicated vocational institute providing certified polytechnic, technical, and service-sector training with monthly living stipends to facilitate career transition into modern urban jobs.

Rigid Statutory Implementation Milestones & Time Limits

Rule 15: Civil Court Powers & Form 9.32 Checklist

Rule 16: Statutory Dual-Tier Appeals Hierarchy

Reconstituted plots are generated strictly conforming to modern geometric urban planning parameters:

• Plot Shape & Form: Regular and rectangular shape, avoiding odd polygons or unusable acute angles
• Frontage-to-Depth Ratio: Normally maintained between 1:1.5 to 1:3 for optimal building orientation and street frontage
• Public Street Access: Every single reconstituted plot must have direct, unobstructed frontage to a planned public street
• Allocation Proximity Rule: Reconstituted plots returned as near as feasible to the original pooled land, or strictly within a 5 km radius
• Multi-Parcel Consolidation: Multiple fragmented parcels of a single owner across different locations pooled together into unified plots (Schedule II(1)(h))
• Joint Allotment Option (Form 9.18): Co-owners or family members may jointly apply under Form 9.18 to receive a larger combined commercial or residential plot

Land use automatically converts to urban zoning upon pooling without CLU conversion charges. However, automatic CLU strictly DOES NOT apply to:

• 🚫 Bio-conservation and environmentally protected ecological corridors
• 🚫 Water bodies, riverfront buffers, natural streams, tanks, and irrigation lakes (Cheruvulu)
• 🚫 Reserved flood buffer zones along the Krishna River
• 🚫 Reserved forest lands and notified eco-sensitive plantations

Officially declared intention to pool 1,936.87 acres under 2025 Rules with signed Publication Certificate.

Declared intention to pool 2,166.00 acres across dry and jareebu holdings.

Formal Declaration of Intention posted physically across all mandal and village administrative centers.

Initiated pooling across 2,944.00 acres of agrarian holdings under Deputy Collector certification.

Subdivided into Unit-1 covering 3,072.23 acres for optimal infrastructural planning.

Unit-2 complementary pooling completing the village master boundary.

Formally pooled 1,380.17 acres of private land holdings excluding Government lands.

Mandatory physical posting certificates signed across RDO, Sub-Registrar, Tahsildar, and Gram Panchayat offices.

Standard privately registered freehold agricultural land held under individual title deed with full patta passbook.

Lands assigned to ex-military personnel or recognized political sufferers. Entitled to full parity with patta lands.

Ancestral assignments issued prior to the 1954 cutoff date, qualifying for full patta equivalent compensation.

Assigned lands governed under AP Assigned Lands (Prohibition of Transfers) Act 1977. Reconstituted plot provides alienable rights.

Eligible Sivaijamadar cultivators occupying un-objectionable government lands verified under revenue records.

Cultivators in objectionable locations (water bodies, canal poramboke). Granted residential rehabilitation plot.

65% Standard Plot Return (Max 500 Sq. Yds)

Buyers who purchased and registered residential plots in unapproved, unauthorized layouts prior to the official LPS notification are formally protected under Rule 14. They are entitled to surrender the unapproved land and receive a regularized, bankable standard residential plot equal to up to 65% of their registered plotted area (capped at 500 Sq. Yards), eliminating decades of court disputes.

₹2,500/Month + Mandatory CPI-AL Indexing

To shield landless agricultural laborers from livelihood disruption, the 2025 Rules provide a baseline pension of ₹2,500/month per family for 10 years, upgraded with annual inflation indexing linked to the Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL). Additionally, the one-time commercial orchard garden bonus is codified at ₹1,00,000 per acre (100% statutory hike).

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