Telangana LRS Deadline Extended to April 30 - But should I Pay?
The Telangana government has officially extended the LRS payment deadline to April 30, 2025, giving pending applicants more time to complete their payments and fix application issues. But the question still remains - should you pay or not?
In case you don't know what LRS is, you can check our detailed article here. If you're facing issues in LRS payment, you can click here
Why did the government extend the LRS deadline?
Turns out, by the end of March, only 20% of the nearly 20 lakh LRS applications submitted in 2020 were actually paid for. The remaining 80% of applicants — that’s 16 lakh people — have not completed the payment.
And it’s not because people didn’t want to pay. A lot of them tried. But they couldn’t.
Why? The LRS website was clunky, error-prone, and often simply didn’t work. Many applicants faced form submission errors, Spelling mistakes, OTP issues, and random crashes. To make things worse, most people had no idea who to contact for help.
So, to give people more time to pay, the Telangana government extended the deadline to April 30, 2025. At the same time, they’ve recommended that people not wait till the last minute again, because the website could crash under pressure (just like last time).
Wait. If 80% people did not pay, why should I even pay?
Fair question. This is actually one of the biggest confusions about LRS.
It’s not like the government will send a bulldozer to your house if you don’t pay. However, we have seen real cases where people:
- Couldn’t get building permission
- Were denied bank loans
- Were forced to re-apply for LRS when selling the property
- Got a lesser price for their property when selling
In other words, you might not face a problem today, but the moment you need something big — a loan, a buyer, or permission to build — your missing LRS approval becomes a roadblock.
And if that is not enough, here's something else:
If you’re forced to re-apply later, you’ll have to pay LRS again — based on the market value in the future. If you sell your property in 2030, you pay LRS based on 2030 market rates.
But right now, if you complete your old 2020 application before April 30, you only pay as per the 2020 price, and with a 25% discount on top.
So even if everyone around you isn’t paying, the smarter thing might be to pay yours now and avoid future headaches.
If I decide to pay, where do I even begin?
Most people think paying LRS is simple — just enter your ID and pay online.
But here’s the thing: we’ve seen a surprising number of people being charged incorrectly.
One person was charged ₹50 lakhs, when the actual penalty should’ve been just ₹46,000.
We’ve also seen plots wrongly marked as FTL / Prohibited, even though all the surrounding plots weren’t marked as FTL — creating panic and confusion.
And the truth is: most users don’t even know what to do in such cases.
Step 1: First, make sure your penalty amount is actually correct.
You can:
- Compare it with your neighbour’s LRS receipt, if they’ve already paid.
- Or better, contact us, and we’ll run a quick check to see if your fee calculation is fair — including FTL and Prohibited Land status.
Step 2: Decide if you're only paying for the land — or land + building
Here’s where a lot of people get confused. There are two types of LRS penalties:
1. Land Regularisation Penalty
This is based on your individual plot — size and market value.
2. Building Regularisation Penalty
This is when the original layout developer didn’t leave 10% open space for things like parks or internal roads (Spoiler: almost no developers leave this much space)
So the government penalises everyone in that layout, and the amount is 14% of your plot’s market value — this is on top of the regular land fee.
Of these, you can either pay only the Land Regularisation penalty now and skip the building penalty, or pay both penalties together. If you skip the building penalty now, you will pay a new (higher) building penalty later.
Step 3: Once you're clear, go ahead and pay
After you're sure that your LRS charges are accurate, and once you've decided whether you're paying just for land or also the building-related part — then you're
ready.
- Complete the payment online
- Download the receipt
- Your application will move ahead for government verification
Wait — I don’t even know if my land is eligible for LRS. How do I check that?
Simple: Ask Landeed.
We’ll help you find out whether your land comes under LRS or not. All you need is the survey number, and who owned the land in 2020. We’ll take care of the rest.
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You can also visit the Telangana LRS official portal (https://lrs.telangana.gov.in/) to check your payment status and application details.
