Ap Free House Site Eligibility Rules
i. The beneficiary shall belong to the identified Below Poverty Line (BPL)
category household having white ration card.
ii. The beneficiary shall not have an own House/House Site anywhere in
the State of Andhra Pradesh.
iii. The beneficiary shall not be eligible for issue of house site patta, if
he/she has been sanctioned or issued house site patta earlier under any of
the schemes of the State Government or Government of India.
iv. The Beneficiary shall not have been covered in any previous Housing
Scheme of the State/Central Government.
v. Households having agricultural land not exceeding Ac.5.00 cts dry or
Ac.2.50 cts wet or total land both dry and wet together not exceeding
Ac.5.00 cts are eligible.
vi. The beneficiary shall possess a valid Aadhaar Card. Aadhaar details
shall be collected only with the consent of beneficiary.
vii. In case, earlier a house site was allotted to the beneficiary, but
possession was not shown due to court cases amount not paid for LA, new
house site for 3 / 2 cents in Rural/Urban areas may be allotted duly
cancelling the earlier allotment of House Site patta.
viii. In case, earlier house site allotted but beneficiary not willing to
construct the house, as it is far away from the habitation/nearby Burial
grounds/ Low laying areas/given in another village etc., in entire layout
and the earlier allotment may be cancelled and new house site for 3 / 2
cents in Rural/ Urban may be allotted afresh to the beneficiary in the
same village or suitable lands.
ix. In cases, wherein the beneficiaries have not constructed houses in part
of the layout, earlier house site patta may be cancelled and new house
site patta for 3 / 2 cents in Rural/ Urban may be allotted afresh to the
beneficiary
x. In cases of random plots which are vacant in a layout or in cases of
resumption the earlier allotment shall be cancelled and may be allotted to
a willing eligible beneficiary for 1.5 cents in rural and 1 cent in urban.
METHOD OF SELECTION :
a. The Applications shall be invited at Village/Ward Level considering
village/town as a unit respectively.
b. All applications shall be enquired by the VRO/RI for adherence to the eligibility
conditions, as prescribed.
c. The draft List of identified eligible beneficiaries shall be published at
Village/Ward Secretariat calling for further claims & objections.
d. Grama/Ward Sabha shall be conducted to finalise the list of beneficiaries duly
redressing the claims & objections,
e. The final list of beneficiaries shall be submitted for approval of the District
Collector by the Tahsildars and Municipal Commissioners in the Rural and Urban
areas respectively.
f. The final list of beneficiaries approved by the District Collector shall be
published in the respective Village/Ward Secretariat.
g. In case of any further claims or objections, the Tahsildar/Municipal
Commissioner shall function as the redressal officer duly taking approval from
the District Collector.
h. In case suitable land is not available in the village for the grant of House site
pattas, but is available in neighbouring village/villages, the District Collector may
as a special case, permit the same.
