Visakhapatnam: The tribal group of Gadilova village in Rompalli gram panchayat of Anantagiri mandal in Alluri Seetharamaraju district has escalated their demand for justice concerning a current land re-survey. They’re urging the joint collector to personally go to their fields, examine the Draft Land Register (DLR) entries and guarantee safety for his or her lands. Allegations of irregularities by income officers have led to widespread discontent among the many tribal farmers, who’re demanding motion in opposition to these chargeable for these discrepancies.

The tribals declare that the re-survey has inaccurately recorded lands as being cultivated by people who’ve by no means farmed them. In Surveys No. 1, 2, and three, which cowl 27 acres of arable land, the place cultivation is happening by native tribes, but the DLR signifies in any other case. Moreover, in Survey No. 4, which consists of 109.86 acres of presidency land occupied by 15 tribal households who domesticate cashew orchards, the information have been misrepresented. Stories additionally counsel that Survey No. 4P, which signifies that eight households domesticate 25.34 acres, incorporates inaccuracies as a result of locals are literally farming there, but the information present in any other case.

The tribals argue that these discrepancies should be rectified via thorough field-level verification. The state of affairs additionally carries political implications. Leaders of the NDA coalition beforehand promised strict motion in opposition to irregularities within the Jagananna re-survey in the event that they got here to energy. The Gadilova case is now being cited for instance of how non-cultivators have been wrongly recorded in official paperwork, leaving real tribal farmers weak.

Regardless of repeated complaints, together with one to the Ananthagiri Tahsildar in December 2025 and one other to the district collector in February 2026, the tribals assert that no significant inspections have been performed. Notices communicated through WhatsApp and cellphone calls have solely added to their frustration, because the requirement to journey 40 kilometres to the MRO workplace on brief discover is impractical. The farmers, together with Galabarthi Devaiah, Galabarthi Kannamma and Galabarthi Erraiah, and supported by ward member Buriga Appalaju, are united of their demand that the Joint Collector conduct a particular survey. They insist that correct ground-truthing via area visits, verification of Adangal information, and thorough enjoyment surveys should precede any finalisation of the land registers.