If the reports coming from the Telangana government are to be believed, village revenue officers (VRO)s in the state would have to give up their present work and become part of either panchayat raj department or agriculture department.

According to sources, Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has decided to do away with the system of VROs, who had been doing all the revenue related work, including maintenance of land records, collection of revenues at the village level, distribution of pattas and overseeing of land transfers.

“In all probability, the VROs would have to move out of their present jobs in the next couple of months,” a source said.

KCR has already gave a hint to this effect during his Independence Day speech, announcing that his government was working on a new Revenue Act, which would be introduced in the coming budget session of the assembly.

He said good governance to people was possible through the administrative reforms only and the existing acts would not be sufficient to offer good governance without giving any opportunity to corruption.

“The archaic and obsolete Revenue Acts have inflicted immense damage to farmers and the people. We have to undo these damages. Hence the government is engrossed in preparing a new revenue Act, which will give no room for corruption or laxity and will offer hassle free services to people and farmers,” he said.