Revenue Department

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stated that a decision on declaring drought will be made by the end of August. Ministers will provide ground reports compiled by the Revenue Department, with the final assessment to be discussed in the Cabinet and submitted to the Government.

The Revenue department has expanded the SIT to investigate large-scale land encroachments in Idukki district, including the area of Wagamon. A special investigative team is probing public land encroachments.

The Revenue department is targeting 25,000 pending land cases in Kozhikode. Revenue Minister A.P. Anil Kumar highlighted that 2.5 lakh land conversion applications remain pending statewide, with Kozhikode accounting for over 35,000 cases.

Over 250 landless beneficiaries of Kerala’s Arippa Bhoosamaram program are trapped in a bureaucratic deadlock as the distribution of title deeds, scheduled for February 2026, has stalled due to a conflict between the Revenue and Forest Departments.

The revenue department conducted an eviction drive at Mullanthandu near Pooppara in Idukki, clearing encroachment and reclaiming 4 acres of government land.

Authorities in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal demolished an alleged illegal Eidgah built on graveyard land using a bulldozer. The action followed an order from the tehsildar’s court under the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Code.

The Forest department in Idukki will request the Revenue department to take action against the owner of Gudanpara estate for repeatedly violating lease conditions related to cardamom title deeds on the Cardamom Hills Reserve. The action involves the District Collector and Devikulam Subcollector.

Forum for Good Governance has requested a vigilance inquiry into promotions and postings within the Revenue Department in Telangana. The organization is seeking an investigation into the process of these administrative decisions.

Several officers in Karnataka have been given additional charges. Rajender Kumar Kataria, Additional Chief Secretary of the Revenue Department, has been entrusted with the concurrent role of Additional Chief Secretary for the Home Department.