K Madhava Naidu demanded the bribe for process for mutation of the land and issuance of pattadar passbook of the complainant, they said.
The complainant then approached the ACB and Naidu was caught red-handed while he was taking the bribe at Tehsildar Office premises in Vizianagaram's Bobbili.
He will be produced before the ACB court at Visakhapatnam.